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The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrage
Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty 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.
Diamonds and Deadlines reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen “empress of journalism,” who dropped a bombshell at her death: She left her entire multimillion-dollar estate to women’s suffrage—a never-equaled amount that guaranteed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In this dazzling biography, cultural historian Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries, correspondence, genealogies, and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Age’s most complex, powerful women and unexpected feminist icons. Ultimately, Diamonds and Deadlines restores Mrs. Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history, as a monumental businesswoman who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history.
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Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, Fortune's Children traces the dramatic and amazingly colorful history of this great American family, from the rise of industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt to the fall of his progeny - wild spendthrifts whose profligacy bankrupted a vast inheritance.
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The Rise and Fall of the Gilded Age
- De Hilary en 10-22-14
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Rose
- My Life in Service to Lady Astor
- De: Rosina Harrison
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously temperamental Lady Nancy Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world. "She's not a lady as you would understand a lady" was the butler's ominous warning. But what no one expected was that the iron-willed Lady Astor was about to meet her match in the no-nonsense, whip-smart girl from the country.
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- De The Louligan en 08-12-13
De: Rosina Harrison
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The Richest Woman in America
- Hetty Green in the Gilded Age
- De: Janet Wallach
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green. At the time of her death in 1916, she was worth at least 100 million dollars, equal to more than 2 billion dollars today. A strong believer in women being financially independent, she offered valuable lessons for the present times. Abandoned at birth by her neurotic mother, scorned by her misogynist father, Hetty set out as a child to prove her value. Following the simple rules of her wealthy Quaker father, she successfully invested her money and along the way proved to herself that she was wealthy and therefore worthy.
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Horrible Narrator
- De Christina M. Kruse en 06-10-15
De: Janet Wallach
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Wait for Me!
- Memoirs
- De: Deborah Mitford Duchess of Devonshire
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
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Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire.
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The last of the Mitford Sisters
- De Irene en 01-11-11
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Jennie
- The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the Toast—and Scandal—of Two Continents, Ruled an Age and Raised a Son—Winston Churchill—Who Shaped History
- De: Ralph G. Martin
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 26 h y 24 m
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Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of listeners. Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston’s mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents.
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Excellent
- De appreciative reader en 02-13-23
De: Ralph G. Martin
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Madness Under the Royal Palms
- Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
- De: Laurence Leamer
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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In March 1999, a Palm Beach matron and her socially ambitious husband invited the elite of the island for a dinner dance honoring Prince Edward. Among those dancing to the string orchestra that evening would be those accused of murder and spousal abuse, and others who would suffer fates both unseemly and unspeakable. Among the outer circle there would be murders, suicides, and fatal fires.
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Just what I've been waiting for
- De kk en 09-29-09
De: Laurence Leamer
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Fortune's Children
- The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
- De: Arthur T. Vanderbilt II
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
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Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, Fortune's Children traces the dramatic and amazingly colorful history of this great American family, from the rise of industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt to the fall of his progeny - wild spendthrifts whose profligacy bankrupted a vast inheritance.
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The Rise and Fall of the Gilded Age
- De Hilary en 10-22-14
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Rose
- My Life in Service to Lady Astor
- De: Rosina Harrison
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously temperamental Lady Nancy Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world. "She's not a lady as you would understand a lady" was the butler's ominous warning. But what no one expected was that the iron-willed Lady Astor was about to meet her match in the no-nonsense, whip-smart girl from the country.
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- De The Louligan en 08-12-13
De: Rosina Harrison
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The Glitter and the Gold
- The American Duchess - In Her Own Words
- De: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfill her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home: Blenheim Palace. The ninth Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era.
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Facinating Story- Terrible reading
- De Ashley D en 03-27-14
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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
- The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
- De: Hugh Brewster
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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The Titanic has often been called "An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era", but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner's most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Employing scrupulous research, he accurately depicts the ship's brief life and tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers.
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- De Rachel en 10-16-18
De: Hugh Brewster
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The Riviera Set
- Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society
- De: Mary S. Lovell
- Narrado por: Jill Rolls
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped, and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of 40 years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of dynamic group was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Château.
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- De Lois Kelly en 05-04-18
De: Mary S. Lovell
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To Marry an English Lord
- De: Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles - just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details-plus quotes and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette - To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible.
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- De Lynne en 03-10-16
De: Gail MacColl, y otros
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Daughter of Empire
- My Life as a Mountbatten
- De: Pamela Hicks
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
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Few families can boast of not one but two saints among their ancestors, a great-aunt who was the last tsarina of Russia, a father who was Grace Kelly's pinup, and a grandmother who was not only a princess but could also argue the finer points of naval law. Pamela Mountbatten entered a remarkable family when she was born at the very end of the Roaring Twenties.
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Beautifully Impressive Narrative of Aristocracy
- De Robert W Bruso en 08-31-17
De: Pamela Hicks
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
- The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
- De: The Countess of Carnarvon
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS series, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants: Lady Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war.
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- De connie en 03-17-12
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The Gilded Age
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Robin Field
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First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America - an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, attack the greed, lust, and naiveté of their own time in a work that endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels.
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- De BethGA en 02-27-24
De: Mark Twain
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Lady on the Hill
- How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
- De: Howard E. Covington
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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Lady on the Hill tells the inspiring story of the 35-year effort to restore a fading beauty, the Biltmore Estate, to her former glory - all without a penny of government funding or outside foundation grants. Central to this true-life tale of rebirth against the odds is George Vanderbilt's grandson William A. V. Cecil, a well-mannered, highly educated man who, when caught up in an idea, becomes a whirling dervish, generating enough energy and enthusiasm to motivate everyone around him.
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The fact that it has remained as a privately owned enterprise.
- De Mary Kovacs en 07-04-24
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Women of Means
- The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls
- De: Marlene Wagman-Geller
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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The grass isn't greener on the other side: Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy. They were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, through intimate historical biographies, Women of Means shows us that oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for the destinies of wealthy women. Women of Means is bound to be a non-fiction best seller, full of the best biographies of all time.
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- De jzm en 09-02-20
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Black Diamonds
- The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England
- De: Catherine Bailey
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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When the sixth Earl Fitzwilliam died in 1902, he left behind the second largest estate in 20th-century England, valued at more than three billion dollars in today's money - a lifeline to the tens of thousands of people who worked either in the family's coal mines or on their expansive estate. The earl also left behind four sons, and the family line seemed assured. But was it?
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- De Phyllis en 04-30-18
De: Catherine Bailey
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Queen Mary
- The Official Biography
- De: James Pope-Hennessy, Hugo Vickers
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 24 h y 37 m
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When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a queen consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested. Using material from the Royal Archives, private papers, and Queen Mary's personal diaries and letters, Pope-Hennessy's biography was a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman and received rave reviews across the press.
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Excellent! UPDATED review after 2nd listen.
- De Geri A en 07-31-21
De: James Pope-Hennessy, y otros
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The Grit in the Pearl
- The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
- De: Lyndsy Spence
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over 80 men behind his back. The duke won a divorce, and Margaret was abandoned by most of her friends. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores, and an unforgiving class.
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Delicious from start to finish!
- De Eric Conley en 02-12-20
De: Lyndsy Spence
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- HistoryNerd
- 07-06-22
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“Diamonds and Deadlines” is a solid biography that reintroduces Miriam Leslie to the world. As an architectural historian specializing in the social history of 19th century architecture, I’m drawn to the Gilded Age. I’m even more interested in women’s stories from this period, so I jumped at this biography of Leslie. I was familiar with her husband’s name—Frank Leslie—but little did I know that Miriam was responsible for the early magazine that showcased women’s fashion in the middle of the 19th century. This was a particularly exciting tidbit for me as fashion history is another one of my interests.
Overall, Miriam Leslie’s story is quite remarkable. The fact that she was quite subversive in terms of going against established social norms is also fascinating. Her many marriages and extramarital liaisons would fit into today’s gossip rags without missing a beat.
I appreciate the author’s attempts to sketch in the background details of the momentous events that occurred during Miriam’s life. This contextualization provides important information for an assessment of Miriam’s life and actions. Ms. Prioleau emphasizes the importance of not judging Miriam by today’s standards, which is an all too common problem nowadays.
I did feel at times that Prioleau made sweeping comments about certain situations with little to no factual back-up. There is one particular statement that immediately caused me to stop in disbelief. In the discussion about Miriam’s shadowy origins, it would seem that she was born mixed race. Most likely, her mother was a woman enslaved to her father. Prioleau makes the statement that the majority of souther whites at this time had Black blood due to the abuses of slavery. Since I listened to the audio version and do not have a hard copy of the book, Prioleau may have cited sources for this statement. If so, great. If not, I find it irresponsible to drop such an explosive comment into the narrative without further explanation. While there are many documented cases of white men taking advantage of their female enslaved, to say that most white people have Black blood is ridiculous. Prioleau also fails to explain the distinct culture surrounding Black and white liaisons in New Orleans, where Miriam lived and may have been born. This culture was completely different from other southern cities/locations; readers would have benefited from a better explanation.
It was also difficult to keep up with Miriam’s love life. For instance, her fourth marriage to Willie Wilde, older brother of writer/playwright/poet Oscar Wilde, was not detailed enough. It was a short marriage, but I lost the thread of who the guy was and was very confused during the several pages devoted to that part of her life. The author surmised that the reader remembered Willie from an earlier mention and provided little context to how Miriam and he got together.
Despite this hiccup, Prioleau does a good job of bringing Miriam to life. It must have been a monumental task given that Miriam embellished and/or obfuscated details of her life. I definitely recommend this biography of a vibrant woman who has been lost to history.
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- 03-24-24
Wonderful biography of forgotten gilded age publishing icon
This biography entertains and educates at the same time! It’s a well written and engaging account of the talented but flawed and colorful gilded age publishing icon, Miriam Leslie, apparently mostly now forgotten. A great way to learn about journalism, women’s issues and the allure of high society in this era. Just a great read or listen all the way through!
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- karen
- 07-28-22
A forgotten historical icon
Fascinating story about a very successful businesswoman prior to women’s suffrage. Excellent narration. Hopefully, more will learn about Mrs. Frank Leslie.
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- Marcia W lakovitch
- 05-21-22
French and Spanish pronounciation
I think that if one agrees to perform on an audiobook which includes many, many French and Spanish words, one should be sure to know how to pronounce them. It is annoying to grimace repeatedly while
listening to an otherwise lovely story.
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- EJGPIgrl
- 12-01-23
Narration flawed by pronunciation errors and a lack of spontaneity
The book about Miriam Leslie is filled with interesting details about the Gilded Age, however it was written with stilted language more appropriate for an academic audience. The narration of Betsy Prioleau’s book should have been subjected to an editor’s more rigorous review. This was an unfortunate oversight.
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