Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort

Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the sheltered super-rich. Many of the country's most famous blueblood families?the closest thing we have to royalty?have lived and summered in Newport since the nineteenth century. The Astors, the Vanderbilts, Edith Wharton, JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Doris Duke, and Claus and Sunny von Bulow are just a few of the many names who have called the city home. Gilded takes you along as you explore the fascinating heritage of the Newport elite, from its first colonists to the newest of its new millennium millionaires, showing the evolution of a town intent on living in its own world. Through a narrative filled with engrossing characters and lively tales of untold extravagance, Davis brings the resort to life and uncovers the difference between rich and Newport rich along the way.

• An engrossing multigenerational saga that tells the real story of the rich and famous in Newport
• Vibrant, praiseworthy writing: ""[Davis] brings splendidly colorful behind-the-scenes action and players up front"" (the New York Times on Party of the Century)
• 34 evocative black-and-white photographs

Written with insight and dramatic flair, Gilded gives you a rare peek into the cloistered coastal playground of America's moneyed elite.

• A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk: Tales of Seaside Mansions & the Gilded Age Elite
• Scandalous Newport, Rhode Island (Wicked)
• A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
• The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
• When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
• Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
• Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls
• Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
• Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
• A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York