The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite

by Stephen Birmingham

Overview

Stephen Birmingham tells the rich and varied history of the Sephardic elite--an insular group of bewilderingly interrelated families, spiced with gossip and the gentle rattling of family skeletons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493024681
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/15/2016
Pages:	394
Sales rank:	969,263
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Stephen Birmingham is a preeminent social historian, known for his books The Right People, Real Lace, and The Grandees. He allows his reader unparalleled access to the most exclusive society sets, and tells their stories with great warmth and wit.

Editorial Reviews

A rags-to-riches saga with several twists and switchbacks. .. Clever and satisfying.

Booklist

When it comes to the folkways of the rich, the powerful, and the privileged, Stephen Birmingham knows what he’s talking about.

|Los Angeles Times

[A] page turner. .. [that] offers a little bit of the best of everything. .. One zippy read .

The New York Times

When it comes to the folkways of the rich, the powerful, and the privileged, Stephen Birmingham knows what he’s talking about.

Los Angeles Times

A rags-to-riches saga with several twists and switchbacks . . . Clever and satisfying.

Booklist

[A] page turner . . . [that] offers a little bit of the best of everything . . . One zippy read .

The New York Times

[A] page turner . . . [that] offers a little bit of the best of everything . . . One zippy read .

New York Times