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Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1613733801
ISBN-13
9781613733806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212700469

Product Key Features

Book Title
Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel : a Story of Marriage and Money in the Early Republic
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Women, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General, Political, Historical, Sociology / Marriage & Family, Business
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
25.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
2015-029634
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
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"Presented in novel-like fashion, the book will appeal to all audiences. The narrative is punctuated with valuable information about cultural, economic, and political life in the US and France during that time, making it a useful primer on the era." Choice, "Presented in novel-like fashion, the book will appeal to all audiences.  The narrative is punctuated with valuable information about cultural, economic, and political life in the US and France during that time, making it a useful primer on the era." Choice, "an amazing true-life story," "[a] meticulous and sprightly history," and "ripe for a cable mini-series." --Liz Smith, New York Social Diary, "An engaging and thoroughly researched account of the spectacular rags-to-riches rise of Eliza Jumel." --Meryl Gordon, author of Mrs. Astor Regrets and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, "Before Horatio Alger, there was Eliza Jumel. Her story has long been mired in mystery, scandal, innuendo, and outright fabrication. No more. Margaret Oppenheimer's deeply researched, trans-Atlantic biography moves Eliza Jumel from the shadowy margins to the central events of turn-of-the-nineteenth-century France and the United States. The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel is just that--a remarkable work of history." --Timothy J. Gilfoyle, professor of history, Loyola University Chicago, associate editor, Journal of Urban History "Ms. Oppenheimer recounts quotidian early-19th-century New York and imaginatively fills the gaps in the biographical record of that rare woman involved in financial affairs by invoking romantic literature and the ribald gossip of the day." -- The New York Times "Move over Alexander Hamilton.... Far from a steamy beach read featuring men in white wigs, this meticulously-researched tale paints a detailed and scholarly portrait of New York City and the way in which the city's growth provided fertile ground for the ambitions of its heroine." --Untapped Cities, "A true story that needs no invention, The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel is a vivid narrative of the sacrifices that a woman makes as she acquires and holds onto a fortune in early America." --Bill Dedman, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Empty Mansions, "[I]deal for researchers, history fans, or general readers interested in women's history, gender roles, or 19th-century New York society." -- Library Journal, "Oppenheimer... vibrantly recreates Eliza Jumel's rise from poverty to affluence, skillfully peeling away generations of rumors about this intelligent and resourceful woman." -- Publishers Weekly, "ideal for researchers, history fans, or general readers interested in women's history, gender roles, or 19th-century New York society." -- Library Journal, "Before Horatio Alger, there was Eliza Jumel. Her story has long been mired in mystery, scandal, innuendo, and outright fabrication. No more. Margaret Oppenheimer's deeply researched, trans-Atlantic biography moves Eliza Jumel from the shadowy margins to the central events of turn-of-the-nineteenth-century France and the United States. The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel is just that--a remarkable work of history." --Timothy J. Gilfoyle, professor of history, Loyola University Chicago, associate editor, Journal of Urban History "Ms. Oppenheimer recounts quotidian early-19th-century New York and imaginatively fills the gaps in the biographical record of that rare woman involved in financial affairs by invoking romantic literature and the ribald gossip of the day." -- The New York Times, "This book will appeal to a variety of readers. Those with a penchant for American history will enjoy the insights into the early years of the United States. Readers who thrive on stories about strong, independent women will find a kindred soul in Eliza Jumel. And those who think the court system is out of control will, no doubt, relish the tactics used by long-ago lawyers aggressively representing their client's interests." -- The New York Journal of Books, "Readers who thrive on stories about strong, independent women will find a kindred soul in Eliza Jumel." -- The New York Journal of Books, "A true story that needs no invention, The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel is a vivid narrative of the sacrifices that a woman makes as she acquires and holds onto a fortune in early America."  --Bill Dedman, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Empty Mansions, "Before Horatio Alger, there was Eliza Jumel. Her story has long been mired in mystery, scandal, innuendo, and outright fabrication. No more. Margaret Oppenheimer's deeply researched, trans-Atlantic biography moves Eliza Jumel from the shadowy margins to the central events of turn-of-the-nineteenth-century France and the United States. The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel is just that--a remarkable work of history." --Timothy J. Gilfoyle, professor of history, Loyola University Chicago, associate editor, Journal of Urban History
Dewey Decimal
973.4/6092 B
Synopsis
Born Betsy Bowen into grinding poverty, the woman who reinvented herself as Eliza Jumel was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, and confined to a workhouse when her mother was in jail. Seizing opportunities and readjusting facts to achieve the security and status she so desperately craved, she obtained a fortune from her first husband, a French merchant, and nearly lost it to her second, the notorious vice president Aaron Burr. Divorcing Burr promptly amid lurid charges of adultery, she lived on triumphantly to the age of ninety, astutely managing her property and public persona. By the end of her life, "Madame Jumel" was one of New York's richest women, with servants of her own, an art collection, an elegant mansion, a summer home in Saratoga Springs, and several hundred acres of land. After her death, a titanic battle over her estate went all the way to the United States Supreme Court . . . twice. As the feud over her fortune riveted the nation, family members told of a woman who earned the gratitude of Napoleon I and shone at the courts of Louis XVIII and Charles X. Their opponents painted a different picture, of a prostitute who bore George Washington's illegitimate son, a wife who defrauded her husband and perhaps even plotted his death. Now Eliza Jumel's real story--so unique that it surpasses any invention--has finally been told.
LC Classification Number
E302.6.B91O66 2015

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