Ladies and Not-So-Gentle Women

by Alfred Allan Lewis

Book Overview

Born into New York City's Victorian aristocracy and destined for the constricted lives considered proper for genteel women, the ladies and not-so-gentle women of this book invented new, more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140241736
• ISBN13: 9780140241730
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

My Great Grandmother

I found this book by accident. The woman in the lower right corner is my great grandmother; Anne Harriman Vanderbilt. I bought it as a surprise for my mother but the whole family is delighted to learn things about items we still own and history that is cherished. Thank you to the author for this find. It is a wonderful book.

Behind every great man there are great women!

Thank you Alfred Allan Lewis for creating a book of these spirited women who were the backbone of New York City, American society and worldwide. They are invisible in our history books, but thanks to you and your accuracy for facts their spirit remains alive!These women influenced their power, money, political and social status to unite and heal mankind. I should know, I was there........to carry on, and say every "Queen" to there own home..

Wonderfully written and rollicking fun!

If you love a good victorian novel or a fine James or Wharton work, you will love Lewis' book. He is a superior writer who has brought together an incredible amount of penetrating and enjoyable material about four amazing REAL women. The word that suits this book is ABUNDANCE. I ate it up. There are side stories, and gossipy inserts, historical facts and little known incidents brought to life. I loved it and brought the big babe to bed for many nights reading. What makes a book is the writer and if you add a good writer to great subjects and then times that by 4(!) you have Lewis. Don't let them slam you in the stacks babe -- you rock!