{"product_id":"the-great-mrs-elias-a-novel","title":"The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel","description":"The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and steeped in history.\nA murder\nand a case of mistaken identity brings the police to Hannah Elias’ glitzy,\nfive-story, twenty-room mansion on Central Park West. This is the beginning of an odyssey that moves back and\nforth in time and reveals the dangerous secrets of a mysterious woman, the\nfortune she built, and her precipitous fall.\nBorn in\nPhiladelphia in the late 1800s, Hannah Elias has done things she’s not proud of\nto survive. Shedding her past, Hannah slips on a new identity before relocating\nto New York City to become as rich as a robber baron. Hannah quietly invests in the stock market, growing\nher fortune with the help of businessmen. As the money pours in, Hannah hides\nher millions across 29 banks. Finally attaining the life she’s always dreamed,\nshe buys a mansion on the Upper West Side and decorates it in gold and first-rate\ndécor, inspired by her idol Cleopatra.\nThe unsolved\nmurder turns Hannah’s world upside-down and threatens to destroy everything\nshe’s built. When the truth of her identity is uncovered, thousands of\nprotestors gather in front of her stately home. Hounded by the salacious press,\nthe very private Mrs. Elias finds herself alone, ensnared in a scandalous\ntrial, and accused of stealing her fortune from whites.\nPacked\nwith glamour, suspense, and drama, populated with real-life luminaries from the\nperiod, The Great Mrs. Elias brings a fascinating woman and the age she\nembodied to glorious, tragic life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0063019906\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0063019906.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Chase-Riboud, Barbara\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43410899468349,"sku":"BVV.0063019906.G","price":6.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0063019906-0.jpg?v=1785446418","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-great-mrs-elias-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}