| Turn of the World Contributor(s): Lady Decies, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1429090804 ISBN-13: 9781429090803 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $17.77 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Rich & Famous |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.98 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As with her prior book King Lehr and the Gilded Age (1935), Lady Decies' Turn of the World (1937) is a fascinating semi-autobiographical history of American high society during the Gay Nineties through the first World War. Upon the book's publication, The Pittsburgh Press wrote, "The magnificent spectacle that went on behind the scenes in pre-war days of society's Gilded Age at Saratoga, Newport, New York and Paris is detailed by an insider, Elizabeth, Lady Decies, who was Miss Elizabeth Wharton Drexel... interesting, amusing and sometimes revolting, as with evident nostalgia she tells of extravagant parties and fortunes spent for clothes and jewels." |