Louis Auchincloss brings us the rollicking tale of an unforgettable woman of mid-twentieth-century America: the devilish yet wholly beguiling Clara Hoyt. Soon after her Vassar graduation, Clara slyly enthralls the well-bred and fabulously wealthy Trevor Hoyt, the first of her husbands. Soon she lands a job at a magazine, and so begins her wildly entertaining course to the inner sanctum of New York's aristocracy and into the boardrooms of the publishing world. In that world, where women still had to wield the weapons of ...
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Louis Auchincloss brings us the rollicking tale of an unforgettable woman of mid-twentieth-century America: the devilish yet wholly beguiling Clara Hoyt. Soon after her Vassar graduation, Clara slyly enthralls the well-bred and fabulously wealthy Trevor Hoyt, the first of her husbands. Soon she lands a job at a magazine, and so begins her wildly entertaining course to the inner sanctum of New York's aristocracy and into the boardrooms of the publishing world. In that world, where women still had to wield the weapons of allure and charm to secure positions of power, Clara succeeds marvelously.
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