how HBO'sThe Gilded Agecreator Julian Fellowes crafted his story from real life characters and drama surrounding the first American millionaires who competed for business domination — and their wives who jockeyed for social supremacy. InPart 2: Season 2 Recap, we'll take a d...
The Gilded Age The characters depicted in the show are largely fictional but based on the real-life figures of the Vanderbilts and the Astors, who came into conflict when the Vanderbilts aimed to buy their way into New York’s high society. Coming from ‘old money’, the Astors, specifica...
Edith Wharton’sHouse of Mirth. Because I loved two of Jennifer Egan’s books SO much, when I read that this is one of her favourite books, I thought I’d give it a try. About a woman trapped by social conventions and expectations during the Gilded Age, it is beautifully written, and...
Although there's no new season of House of the Dragon coming in 2025, there are new seasons of The White Lotus, The Last of Us, The Gilded Age, and Hacks on the way in the new year.Unfortunately, there are a few HBO and Max shows that will probably get canceled in 2025. Those ...
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Reilly, Kimberly “A Perilous Journey for Democracy: Soldiers, Sexual Purity, and American Citizenship in the First World War,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, April 2014, Volume 13, Number 2 (April 2014), pp. 223-255 Wallace, Mike, Greater Gotham: A History of New York...
Gilded Age Wisconsin: A Lake Geneva Selfie Scavenger Hunt Whether you’re heading to Lake Geneva to gawk at the century-old mansions and estates, to pay homage to Gary Gygax (he’s the inventor of Dungeons & Dragons who lived there most of his life) or to frolic in the sparkling, sprin...
The ending of the second season ‘House of the Dragon’ finale has some fans in a fire-breathing uproar.
A highlight of the new American galleries is a large salon-style display, wrapping walls from floor to ceiling with Gilded Age artworks. Recent acquisitions on view include a bust of Frederick Douglass by Isaac Scott Hathaway, landscapes by 19th-century African American artists Robert Duncanson an...
The boom age of the 1880s in New York is stylishly captured inThe Gilded Age. (Photo: Alison Cohen Rosa. Image courtesy of HBO) The Rings of Powertook home three awards at the 2023 VES awards. (Photo: Ben Rothstein. Image courtesy of Prime Video) ...