{"product_id":"peacock-alley-w-k-carter-9798248768752","title":"Peacock Alley: Tales from the Waldorf \u0026 the Astoria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePEACOCK ALLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales from the Waldorf \u0026amp; the Astoria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby W. K. Carter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York, 1890s.\u003cbr\u003eBehind the gilded doors of the Waldorf and the Astoria, an empire is quietly taking shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Peacock Alley-the celebrated corridor where society's elite parade in silk and scandal-bankers, heiresses, bellmen, chambermaids, and schemers pass one another daily, each carrying secrets of their own. Some arrive in search of power. Others in search of survival. All are drawn into the orbit of the Astor dynasty and the hotels that would redefine luxury in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through twenty interconnected stories spanning the height of the Gilded Age, this novel reveals the hidden lives behind the chandeliers: rivalries in the kitchens, ambitions in the suites, whispered bargains in corridors, and quiet reckonings in rooms where history is made and forgotten in the same breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReal figures move alongside fictional lives in a world where status is everything-and where even the grandest halls cannot protect those who linger too long in their shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegant, atmospheric, and richly detailed, \u003cb\u003ePeacock Alley\u003c\/b\u003e is a portrait of a vanished New York and the people who built it, served it, and were forever changed by passing through its doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e, Edith Wharton, and sweeping historical fiction set in the Gilded Age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel in twenty stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. K. Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248768752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"W. K. Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437676114175,"sku":"9798248768752","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_965534b0-6124-4efc-b092-954f1346c7e7.jpg?v=1777163340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peacock-alley-w-k-carter-9798248768752","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}