A review by theinstantreader
What Would Mrs. Astor Do?: The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age by Cecelia Tichi

4.0

As a thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced reader copy I shall give an honest review of Ceceilia Tichi’s “What would Mrs.Astor do?”. This book presents a period Mark Twain called the Gilded Age. In this period lived the richest and most influential individuals in America’s history. Their impact on American culture is still felt today. As a reader of Edith Wharton’s novels I have been exposed slightly to this culture and in this book was shown details to the life Wharton and her contemporaries lived. The order to which the chapters were chosen was poignant and examined different facets to the lives of Astor’s chosen 400. If you love Downton Abbey and period pieces you will love this book. Overall I enjoyed this book and give it four of five stars on Goodreads.