Betsy Prioleau si addentra negli affascinanti regni della seduzione e dell'amore. Il suo lavoro esplora le dimensioni psicologiche e culturali di queste potenti connessioni umane, concentrandosi sulle strategie e sull'arte uniche impiegate nel corso della storia. Attraverso le sue analisi acute, Prioleau scopre verità più profonde sulla natura umana e sul desiderio duraturo di intimità.
A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in New York City's Gilded Age
The narrative follows a character on a thrilling journey to escape her past, filled with unexpected twists and turns. Her experiences are depicted with a vibrant and captivating style, reminiscent of the allure of a champagne fountain, suggesting a mix of glamour and complexity in her pursuit of freedom and identity.
The book explores the intriguing characteristics of legendary seducers, challenging common stereotypes like the alpha male or the charming player. Instead, it reveals that these captivating men often lack traditional attributes such as wealth or looks. Through an insightful analysis, the author unveils their unique traits and the powerful erotic secrets they possess, presenting a more nuanced understanding of attraction and charisma.
"Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both before and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth. Diamonds & Deadlines reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen "empress of journalism," who dropped a bombshell at her death: She left her entire multimillion-dollar estate to women's suffrage--a never-equaled amount that guaranteed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In this dazzling biography, cultural historian Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries, genealogies, and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Age's most complex, powerful women and unexpected feminist icons. Ultimately, Diamonds and Deadlines restores Mrs. Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history, as a monumental businesswoman who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history"-- Amazon.com