![]() From the author of To Marry an English Lord, an inspiration for Downton Abbey, comes a charming and cutthroat tale of a world in which an invitation or an avoided glance can be the difference between fortune and ruin. ![]() thesis provided the foundation for Leaving Van Gogh. in art history from Columbia University in 2006. A graduate of Princeton University, Wallace received a M.A. ![]() Leaving Van Gogh is her first historical novel. Then her husband gambles the family fortunes on an elevated railroad that he claims will transform the face of the city and the way the people of New York live, but will it ruin the Wilcoxes first? As daughters Jemima and Alice navigate the rise and fall of their family-each is forced to re-examine who she is, and even who she is meant to love. Carol Wallace is the author of numerous books, including The Official Preppy Handbook, which she coauthored. From the upper crust herself, Helen's unconventional-if happy-marriage has made the girls' social position precarious. Helen Wilcox has one desire: to successfully launch her daughters into society. ![]() ![]() Among New York City's Gilded Age elite, one family will defy convention. Fans of Bridgerton will love this "exuberant novel of manners for our own gilded age" (Stacy Schiff, author of Cleopatra) as we follow the Wilcox family's journey through riches and ruin. Wallace’s narrative brims with suspense and rich psychological insight as it tackles haunting questions about Van Gogh’s fate. ![]()
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