The Gods of Newport - by John Jakes

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The Gods of Newport

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In the 1890s, a small Rhode Island town reigned as America’s “Queen of Resorts,” capturing the world’s attention with its outrageous opulence.

Giant marble mansions arose for a summer colony of society elites. Reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of extravagant parties, yacht races, tennis matches and, sometimes, illicit romances. Underneath the glitter lay depression, even madness the price of social failure.

Sam Driver, railroad mogul, and one of the few surviving “robber barons,” knocks on Newport’s door, determined to give his daughter Jenny the best Newport can offer.

But some in Newport know Sam’s past. One Wall Streeter with wealth and position schemes to defeat Sam at every turn, while Jenny is drawn into a dangerous affair with an impoverished young Irishman and an arranged marriage with a dashing European who may or may not be a ruthless fortune hunter.

Says author Jakes, “I couldn’t invent this supporting cast of tycoons and grand dames, tarts and social climbers - they were all real. Newport’s heyday is the raw stuff of American history, and a great story.”

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ISBN 978-0-451-22234-3

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