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050	0	0	_aCT274.L36 _bF69 2000
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100	1		_aFox, James _d, 1945-
240	1	0	_aLanghorne sisters
245	1	0	_aFive sisters _b: the Langhornes of Virginia _c/ James Fox
250			_aFirst Touchstone edition
260			_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, 2001, c2000.
300			_a496 p. _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
500			_aPreviously published as: The Langhorne sisters. 1988.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [477]-480) and index.
520			_aThe author of the bestseller White Mischief tells the story of the beautiful Langhorne sisters, who lived at the Pinnacle of high and powerful society from the end of the Civil War through the Second World War. Making their way across two continents, they left in their wakes rich husbands, fame, adoration, and scandal.Lizzie, Irene, Nancy, Phyllis, and Nora were born in Virginia to a family impoverished by the Civil War. Their father remade his fortune by collaborating with the Yankees and building rail-roads; the sisters became southern belles and northern debutantes. James Fox draws on unpublished correspondence between the sisters and their husbands, lovers, children, and the powerful and glamorous of their day to construct a plural topography with the scope of a grand novel and the pace of a historical thriller.At its center is the most famous sister, Nancy, who married Waldorf Astor, one of the richest men in the world. Heroic, hilarious, magnetically charming, and a bully, Lady Astor became Britain's first female MP, championing women's rights and the poor. The beautiful Irene married Charles Dana Gibson and was the model for the Gibson Girl. The author's grandmother, Phyllis, married a famous economist, one of the architects of modern Europe.Fox has written an absorbing and spirited, intimate and sweeping account of extraordinary women at the highest reaches of society, their adventures set against the background of a tumultuous century.
600	3	0	_aLanghorne family
600	1	0	_aAstor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess _d, 1879-1964
600	1	0	_aBrand, Phyllis _d, 1880-1937
650		0	_aAmericans _z--Great Britain _v--Biography
651		0	_aVirginia _v--Biography
651			_aGreat Britain _v--Biography
651		4	_aUnited States _x-Social life and customs _y-20th century
651			_aGreat Britain _x-Social life and customs _y-20th century
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