upper class

Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven. Returning to her childhood home, Kiera hopes her beloved brother, Trevor, and the merriment of the Hogmanay Ball will distract her. But when a caretaker is murdered and a grave is disturbed at nearby Dryburgh Abbey, Kiera is once more thrust into the cold grasp of death. While Kiera knows that aiding in another inquiry will only further tarnish her reputation, her knowledge of anatomy could make the difference in solving the case.

Examines the roles that five powerful women from the Washington, D.C., village of Georgetown--Katharine Graham, Lorraine Cooper, Evangeline Bruce, Pamela Harriman, and Sally Quinn--have played in American political history through their social connections.

Looks at several nineteenth century American women who married into the British aristocracy.

Discusses what the author sees as the blending of the square, practical bourgeoisie and the artistic, intellectual bohemians into a new social ethos, and describes the ideology, manners, and morals of this elite class.

Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, devotes himself to reclaiming the affections of Daisy Buchanan, a young woman he met before acquiring his fortune who has since married an extremely wealthy, but brutal man.

Winning a scholarship to a prestigious college where she befriends a beautiful girl of privilege, unassuming Mabel joins her friend during a lakeside summer surrounded by wealthy vacationers only to discover morally ambiguous truths about her friend's family fortune.

In turn-of-the-20th-century London, aristocratic gay sleuth Colin Pendragon and his partner Ethan Pruitt try to solve the murder of Lady Arnifour's husband, as well as the disappearance of a street urchin's sister.

Chronicles the life of Robert E. Lee, providing information on both his personal and public life.

Set against the backdrop of New York society during the uncertain days of World War I, Rosemary Fell watches her world unravel as her fiance begins an affair with another women only to have it end when he is sent off to war.