Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Bios of Royalty and Rich & Famous, for Fans of Lady in Waiting)
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Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Bios of Royalty and Rich & Famous, for Fans of Lady in Waiting)

by Marlene Wagman-GellerPublish: Sep 15, 2019

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#1 Best Seller in Women's Studies and Biographies of the Rich & Famous and Royalty ─ Glimpse Behind the Façade of Rich and Famous WomenIf you liked The Last Castle and Lean In, you’ll love Women of Means.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.Happily Never After: From the author of Behind Every Great Man, we now have Women of Means, vignettes of the women who were slated from birth—or marriage—to great privilege, only to endure lives which were the stuff Russian tragic heroines are made of. They are the nonfictional Richard Corys—those not slated for happily ever after.Women of Means is bound to be a non-fiction best seller, full of the best biographies of all time. Some of the women whose silver spoons rusted include:Almira Carnarvon, the real-life counterpart to Lady Cora of Downton AbbeyLiliane Bettencourt, whose chemist father created L’Oreal... and was a Nazi collaboratorPeggy Guggenheim, who had an insatiable appetite for modern art and menNica Rothschild, who traded her gilded life to become the Baroness of BebopJocelyn Wildenstein, who became a cosmetology-enhanced cat-womanRuth Madoff, the dethroned queen of ManhattanPatty Hearst, who trod the path from heiress... to terrorist read more

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Marlene Wagman-Geller
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BIOGRAPHY
I am the author of nine non-fiction books, am an avid reader, and work as a high school English teacher.
My books have been reviewed by The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post.

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Book Detail
Title Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Bios of Royalty and Rich & Famous, for Fans of Lady in Waiting)
Author Marlene Wagman-Geller
ASIN B07N8G5XN1
Publish Date 15, Sep 2019
Language English
Page Count 267
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