FromNew York Timesbestselling author Shelley Noble comes an inspiring historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first womens club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of Gilded Age New York.When young Gilded Age society matron Daisy Harriman is refused a room at the Waldorf because they dont cater to unaccompanied females, she takes matters into her own hands. She establishes the Colony Club, the first womens club in Manhattan, where visiting women can stay overnight and dine with their friends where strong women can discuss new ideas, take on social issues, and make their voices heard. She hires the most soughtafter architect in New York, Stanford White, to design the clubhouse. As the best dressed actress on the Rialto Elsie de Wolfe has an eye for dcor, but her career is stagnating. So when White asks her to design the clubhouse interiors, she jumps at the chance and the opportunity to add a womans touch. He promises to send her an assistant, a young woman hes hired as a draftsman. Raised in the Lower East Side tenements, a world away from the citys elite, Nora Bromely is determined to become an architect in spite of hostility and sabotage from her male colleagues. She is disappointed and angry when White foists her off on this new womens club project. But when White is murdered and the ensuing Trial of the Century discloses the architects scandalous personal life, fearful backers begin to withdraw their support. Its questionable whether...

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 418 g; Dimensions: 134 x 202 x 26

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