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In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of undeclared class warfare where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights.

In 1893, Sam Driver, railroad mogul and one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled Newport together with his daughter, Jenny, determined not to be turned away a second time. The first time, his new money was tainted by his rapacious reputation, but once again the Drivers find that some who know Sam's past won't let it rest. But some locals are prepared to assist the Drivers. At a price...

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“The godfather of the historical novel.”

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