Audio Book Description:
In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldren ofmoney, excess, and unapologetic greed, where reputations were made and lost ina whirlwind of parties and fancied slights. but amid the glamour of yacht races, tennis matches, and costume ballsraged undeclared class warfare,scandalous doings, even madness. In 1893railroad mogul Sam Driver, one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawlessyears after the Civil War,knocks on the door of fabled Newport with his daughter, Jenny, determined notto be turned away. In the past, he "new money" was tainted by his rapaciousreputation, and even now, an enemy with a pedigree of wealth and position vows to slam every door in Sam`s face. But heis determined to win a place in thestrange rarefied world of Newport`s brief summer season, presided over by social gadfliesWard McAllister and the androgynous Harry Lehr, both of whomwill assist the Drivers...for aprice.
