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Title

Madness under the royal palms : love and death behind the gates of Palm Beach / Laurence Leamer.

Author

Leamer, Laurence

Publication

• New York, N.Y. : Hyperion
• ©2009

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Description

1 online resource

Summary

For a hundred years Palm Beach has been a fantasy land nurtured by, and maintained for, the megawealthy. Leave it to Laurence Leamer, the author known for getting the inside story on his elusive subjects, to take us behind the walls of America's most exclusive enclave. He tells a braided story involving a socialite determined to make it to the top of Palm Beach society, two infamous murders, and a powerful society reporter. As a backdrop, Leamer tells the story of the clash between old money and new, religion and status, and the love, lust, and fatal hatreds that determine the shape of a fiercely protected society. The cast of characters include trophy wives, trophy husbands, purported gigolos, glamorous widows, a pioneering gay couple, a wildly irreverent event planner, a sociopathic multimillionaire, and an elegant society queen.--From publisher description.

Subject

• Rich people > Palm Beach
• Palm Beach (Fla.) > Social life and customs

Note

• Electronic book.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

ISBN

9780316373524

OCLC

erc0000704795

Author

Leamer, Laurence, author.

Title

Madness under the royal palms : love and death behind the gates of Palm Beach / Laurence Leamer.

Publisher

New York, N.Y. : Hyperion

Copyright Date

©2009

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

text file

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Hachette Books 2009 Available via World Wide Web.

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