What the Lady Wants A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age

In the late nineteenth century, Chicago is a city of soaring ambition and strict social hierarchies. Marshall Field is the undisputed king of the retail world, a man who has built an empire on luxury and impeccable service. But behind his success lies a hollow personal life, until he meets the beautiful and vivacious Delia Caton. Though both are married to others, they embark on a clandestine, decades-long love affair that scandalizes the elite circles of the Gilded Age. Set against the backdrop of the Great Chicago Fire and the city's rapid evolution, the novel follows Delia as she navigates the complexities of her illicit relationship and the rigid expectations of society, ultimately telling the story of a woman who risked everything for the man she loved.

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