Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

by Betsy Prioleau

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Betsy Prioleau's biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is "an appropriately twisty tale of someone trying to outrun her origins. . . . Her story sparkles, as intoxicating as a champagne fountain that somebody else is paying for" (New York Times Book Review).

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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1468314505

ISBN13:9781468314502

Release Date:March 2022

Publisher:Abrams Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.43 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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