The Gilded Gentleman history podcast takes listeners on a cultural and social journey into the mansions, salons, dining rooms, libraries and theatres... more
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On a warm summer morning in Paris in 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen. The theft captured the attention of the... more
This episode tells the story of what is known about the worlds of two exceptional artists models, Hettie Anderson and... more
Author Eve Kahn, today's guest on The Gilded Gentleman, calls Mary Rogers Williams "the Mary Cassatt you never heard of". Williams... more
Outrageous stories of Gilded Age dinners served on plates of gold, live swans swimming in a lake in the center... more
For fans of the great period television and film dramas Downton Abbey and Brideshead Revisited (among many others), one of the... more
As writer Edith Wharton began to spend more and more time in Paris during the early years of the 1900s,... more
To viewers of the first season of HBO's "The Gilded Age," New York City itself became one of the show's... more
The fight for social dominance and acceptance was a battle fought by many Gilded Age wives along with their financial... more
The New York restaurant Delmonico's became famous for bringing elegant, luxurious dining and sophisticated French dishes to American tables. The culinary genius... more
The Gilded Gentleman is joined by Esther Crain, author of The Gilded Age in New York 1870-1914, to look... more