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Jakes, John, 1932-
Subjects
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction.
Rhode Island -- Fiction.
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Jakes, John, 1932-
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction.
Rhode Island -- Fiction.
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The
gods
of
Newport
: a
novel
/ John Jakes.
by
Jakes, John, 1932-
Wheeler, c2006.
Call #:
LP FICTION JAK
Subjects
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
Newport
(R.I.) -- Fiction.
Rhode Island -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781597223294
1597223298
Edition:
Large print ed.
Description:
552 p. (large print); 23 cm.
Notes:
"Thomson-Gale".
Summary:
"In the late nineteenth century,
Newport
, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of undeclared class warfare where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights. Where giant marble mansions called "cottages" arose and where—amid the glamour of yacht races, tennis matches, and costume balls—depression, even madness, sometimes followed social failure. In 1893, Sam Driver, railroad mogul and one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled
Newport
together with his daughter, Jenny, determined not to be turned away a second time. The first time, his new money was tainted by his rapacious reputation and his dealings with some of the most dishonest businessmen of the era. The Drivers find that some who know Sam’s past won’t let it rest. One enemy with a pedigree of wealth and position vows to slam every door in Sam’s face. But Sam plunges in, determined to win a place in the strange, rarefied world of Newport’s brief summer season, presided over by social gadflies Ward McAllister and the androgynous Harry Lehr, both of whom will assist the Drivers . . . for a price. Sam’s daughter wants the best that
Newport
offers but finds herself drawn into a dangerous romance with an impoverished young Irishman. The
Gods
of
Newport
brings this gilded age of excess to thrilling life. It was a time and place whose extremes of greed, conspicuous consumption, and social striving have an astonishing resonance and relevance for the America we see around us today."--Publisher.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
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Adult Large Print Fiction
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