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The Gods of Newport by John Jakes (2006, Hardcover) A-1
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525949763
ISBN-13
9780525949763
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53544014
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gods of Newport
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historical
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
23.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-027108
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
John Jakes is the best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) He is, quite simply, a master of the ancient art of storytelling. ( The New York Times Book Review ), John Jakes is the best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) He is, quite simply, a master of the ancient art of storytelling. (The New York Times Book Review), John Jakes is the best historical novelist of our time. (Patricia Cornwell) He is, quite simply, a master of the ancient art of storytelling. ("The New York Times Book Review")
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Jakes, "the godfather of the historical novel" ("Los Angeles Times"), leaves the South to travel north for an epic tale of scandalous doings in one of the world's most famous resorts., John Jakes, the godfather of the historical novel ("Los Angeles Times"), leaves the South to travel north for an epic tale of scandalous doings in one of the worlds most famous resorts. 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 whereamid the glamour of yacht races, tennis matches, and costume ballsdepression, 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 Sams past wont let it rest. One enemy with a pedigree of wealth and position vows to slam every door in Sams face. But Sam plunges in, determined to win a place in the strange, rarefied world of Newports 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. Sams 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 theAmerica we see around us today., John Jakes, the godfather of the historical novel” (Los Angeles Times), leaves the South to travel north for an epic tale of scandalous doings in one of the world’s most famous resorts. 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 Newportbrings 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3560.A37G64 2006
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