The Gilded Lily: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2016. szept. 13. - 320 oldal The elegant and passionate Nina De Bonnard lives life by her own rules, changing beaus as often as she does gowns, in this delightful novel from award-winning author Helen Argers. Set in America's Gilded Age, The Gilded Lily moves from opulent Fifth Avenue parties to ostentatious summer mansions. |
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... women who refused to live in a gilded cage and sought freedom through the Women's Suffrage Movement. Other American heiresses rebelled by escaping to Europe. One beautiful heiress named Nina De Bonnard became a rebel in every way ...
... women who refused to live in a gilded cage and sought freedom through the Women's Suffrage Movement. Other American heiresses rebelled by escaping to Europe. One beautiful heiress named Nina De Bonnard became a rebel in every way ...
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... women, Jordan had from first view rated Nina according to his own personal system of evaluating the fair sex. Beauty was important, but intelligence and, most of all, charm garnered the highest marks on his scale. He'd put himself to ...
... women, Jordan had from first view rated Nina according to his own personal system of evaluating the fair sex. Beauty was important, but intelligence and, most of all, charm garnered the highest marks on his scale. He'd put himself to ...
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... women, for audacity. Unable to resist a challenge for long, Jordan returned to that lady's court. This time he did not hang back but resolvedly pushed his way through the crowd, and came facetoface with her. Obviously that was what Nina ...
... women, for audacity. Unable to resist a challenge for long, Jordan returned to that lady's court. This time he did not hang back but resolvedly pushed his way through the crowd, and came facetoface with her. Obviously that was what Nina ...
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... women walking to and fro. Their long dresses trailed across the tips of the grass, hardly making an indentation, as if they were floating just above it. A pink organdy dress here, a mauve one there, and, farther on, shades of sunset ...
... women walking to and fro. Their long dresses trailed across the tips of the grass, hardly making an indentation, as if they were floating just above it. A pink organdy dress here, a mauve one there, and, farther on, shades of sunset ...
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... women safely in their own enclave and the gentlemen's tongues loosened by several trips to the library, one could ... women were circled in their rockers like wagons pulled around, protecting themselves from invaders. Thoughtlessly, she ...
... women safely in their own enclave and the gentlemen's tongues loosened by several trips to the library, one could ... women were circled in their rockers like wagons pulled around, protecting themselves from invaders. Thoughtlessly, she ...
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