"King Lehr And The Gilded Age" 1935 LEHR, Elizabeth Drexel (SOLD)

[332] pp.

1935

8.75" x 6"

First Edition

J.B. Lippincott

Jacket design by James McKell

VG/ VG

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Nearly every aspect of this extraordinary tale suggests Edith Wharton—its refinement, the Gilded Age backdrop, and especially the plot. Yet there is one major difference. This story is entirely true and depicts a love that dared never speak its name in any of Wharton’s fiction. Elizabeth Drexel recounts her difficult marriage to the charming crown prince of New York society Harry Lehr, with frequent reference to the journals she discovered after his death and the insight they added.

“I live not on my wits, but on my wit. I make a career of being popular.”

--Harry Lehr