Diamonds And Deadlines A Tale Of Greed, Deceit, And A Female Tycoon In The Gilded Age

Author: Betsy Prioleau

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Price : $34.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781419770890
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
Imprint : Laurence King
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Weight (g) : 0.621422
Publication date : 01 December 2023
Dimensions : .96 Inches X 5.5 Inches X 8.25 Inches
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Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both during and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth.

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