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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to...

The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess - in Her Own Words. By Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan

A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir-the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey. Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead...

Astor: The Rise and Fall if an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a...

Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

An illuminating new biography of the young Jackie Bouvier Kennedy that covers her formative adventures abroad in Paris; her life as a writer and photographer at a Washington, DC, newspaper; and her romance with a dashing, charismatic Massachusetts...

The Women of Rothschild

In The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of the famous Rothschild dynasty, synonymous with wealth and power.From the East End of London to the Eastern seaboard of the United States, from...

White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt Broke All the Rules and Won the Heart of America

The fascinating historical biography of America’s most memorable first daughter, Alice Roosevelt, whose free spirit and status made her the Princess Diana and Jackie O of the early 20th century.Perfect for readers of female-centric biographies...