Fortune's Children

Author : II Arthur T. Vanderbilt

Paperback

Published : Wednesday 26 December 2012

ISBN : 9780062224064

Price : €23.39

Description

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

For fans ofDownton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley familyFortune's Childrenis an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts.

Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore, built a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after his death, no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II,Fortune's Childrentraces 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 progenywild spendthrifts whose profligacy bankrupted a vast inheritance.

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