Carnegie's Maid

by Marie Benedict

Overview

"Clara Kelley is not the experienced Irish maid hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, so Clara is pretending to be her--if she can keep up the ruse. [This book] tells the story of a brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie toward philanthropy"--Publisher's description.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781432861230
Publisher:	Gale, A Cengage Company
Publication date:	04/03/2019
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	469
Sales rank:	76,714
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Marie Benedictis a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College with a focus in history and art history and a cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law. Marie, the author of The Other Einstein, Carnegie’s Maid, The Only Woman in the Room, and Lady Clementine, views herself as an archaeologist of sorts, telling the untold stories of women. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.

Editorial Reviews

"With its well-drawn characters, good pacing, and excellent sense of time and place, this volume should charm lovers of historicals, romance, and the Civil War period. Neither saccharine nor overly dramatized, it’s a very satisfying read. " — Library Journal

"Feels like Downton Abbey in the United States…Benedict demonstrates the relevance of history to the present day in this impeccably researched novel of the early immigrant experience. Deeply human, and brimming with complex, vulnerable characters, CARNEGIE’S MAID shows the power of ambition tempered by altruism, and the true realization of the American Dream." — Erika Robuck, national bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl

"In CARNEGIE’S MAID, Marie Benedict skillfully introduces us to Clara, a young woman who immigrates to American in the 1860s and unexpectedly becomes the maid to Andrew Carnegie’s mother. Clara becomes close to Andrew Carnegie and helps to make him America’s first philanthropist. Downton Abbey fans should flock to this charming tale of fateful turns and unexpected romance, and the often unsung role of women in history." — Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale

"I loved everything about this book... A little drama, a little romance, and a well-told story... Highly recommended." — Sherry Fritzsche, Bank Square Books (Mystic, CT)

"A special addition to the Downton Abbey canon...an absorbing exploration of the influence one plucky young woman might have had on this pioneering philanthropist. " — Toronto Star

"[an] excellent historical novel." — Publishers Weekly

"Fascinating story..." — Bustle

"...engaging. The chaste romance will draw readers of inspirational fiction, while the novel is constructed to appeal to those seeking a tale with an upstairs-downstairs dynamic and all-but-invisible female characters who are either the impetus for or the actual originators of great men’s great ideas. For Fans of Liz Trenow, Erika Robuck, and Nancy Horan. " — Booklist

"Marie Benedict has penned a sensational novel that turns the conventional Cinderella story into an all-American triumph. Young Clara Kelley steps off the boat from Ireland into Andrew Carnegie's affluent world, where invention can transform men and women into whatever they dare to dream." — Sarah McCoy, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Mapmaker’s Children and The Baker’s Daughter

From the Publisher