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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
Description
A cat may look at a king, says an old proverb. The king is the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, whose fabled court at Versailles was the wonder of Europe; the cat is the watchful chronicler, Louis de Rouvroy, second duc de Saint-Simon, author of the famous Memoirs which are the definitive record of Louis' reign.
Auchincloss has conceived his novel as an extension of the Memoirs, in which Saint-Simon reveals his own story-as well as a great deal about...
2) Watchfires
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
The marriage of Dexter and Rosalie Fairchild-a relationship reflecting the security and privilege of their upper-class New York City lives-is disrupted by personal and political tensions arising from the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A New York Times–bestselling author puts a modern twist on the Nathaniel Hawthorne classic with this novel of wealthy 1950s society. The year is 1953, and the coastal village of Glenville, on the opulent north shore of Long Island, is shaken by scandal. Ambrose Vollard, the managing partner of a prestigious Wall Street law firm, gets word of an alleged affair in his family. Most astonishing, the adulterer is Rodman Jessup, Vollard's son-in-law,...
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