#16
Golden Plates and Dinners on Horseback: Tales of Dining in Gilded Age New York
Outrageous stories of Gilded Age dinners served on plates of gold, live swans swimming in a lake in the center of your table and yes, even…
Episodes
#15
Castle Howard to Highclere: Treasures of the English Country House
For fans of the great period television and film dramas Downton Abbey and Brideshead Revisited among many others, one of the great pleasures is seeing the grand,…
#14
A Sprig of Witch Hazel: Edith Wharton’s Secret Affair
As writer Edith Wharton began to spend more and more time in Paris during the early years of the 1900s, she made the acquaintance of the American…
#13
The Gilded City: New York 1870-1900
To viewers of the first season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” by Julian Fellowes, the city itself became one of the show’s most fascinating characters. In…
#12
Social Climber: The Iron Will and Determined Rise of Alva Vanderbilt
The fight for social dominance and acceptance was a battle fought by many Gilded Age wives along with their financial warrior husbands. One of the most famous was…
#11
How to Pluck a Peacock: Delmonico’s Charles Ranhofer and The Epicurean
Delmonico’s restaurant became famous for bringing elegant, luxurious dining to and sophisticated French dishes to American tables. The culinary genius behind these dramatic dishes was Delmonico’s celebrity…
#10
Invisible Magicians: Domestic Servants in Gilded Age New York
Join The Gilded Gentleman and Esther Crain, author of The Gilded Age in New York 1870-1914 for a look below stairs! In this show, we’ll take a look…
#9
The Education of a Snob: Ward Mcallister’s American Aristocracy
The famous Mrs. Astor was credited with building and shaping the Gilded Age elite. At her side and combining forces with her to create “the 400” was…
#8
Ladies’ Mile and the Glamour of Gilded Age Shopping
During the 1870s and 1880s New York’s famous Ladies’ Mile shopping district took hold along Broadway and grand palaces of retail grew filled with splendors and…
#7
Getting a Bad Rap: Spiritualism in the 19th century
Many people throughout the 19th century were fascinated with the idea of connecting with the beyond including the famous Commodore Vanderbilt. Historian Anthony Bellov joins this week…
#6
The Gilded Page: A Conversation with NYT Bestselling Author Carol Wallace
"Carol Wallace, New York Times bestselling author, discusses her just-published novel of the Gilded Age, "Our Kind of People" as well as shares insights on her…
#5
To Catch a Prince: The Story of Alice Heine, Monaco’s First American Princess
Grace Kelly captured the attention of the world when she married Prince Rainier III and became Princess of Monaco in 1956. Few people realize that she…