Love, Fiercely : A Gilded Age Romance (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

from NeedMoreShelves

I was quite interested in the historical aspects of this book, but I felt like the book promised a "great love story" that it never quite delivered. I was mostly interested in the relationship between Edie and her husband, and it didn't feel like the author knew that much about it. Good, but some...

from Beamis12

I enjoyed this glimpse into the lives of the rich during the Gilded Age. The history of early Manhattan and New York was explained, as the whole book was written in a very readable manner. The debutantes, the artists, their lifestyles and the making of their fortunes was fascinating. The romance ...

from A_Reader_of_Fictions

Love, Fiercely began with the painting that appears on the cover. Zimmerman started out researching I. N. Phelps Stokes because of her interest in his ponderous history of New York City he wrote. When she viewed John Singer Sargent's painting of the two, though, she became captivated by his wife,...