Wednesday Nov 19, 2014
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM CST
November 19 at 11:30 p.m.
The Grille on Laurel 181 E. Laurel Ave. Lake Forest, IL 60045
$35.00 includes a copy of the book
Lake Forest Book Store
847-234-4420
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Luncheon with Renee Rosen, author of "What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age" Lake Forest Book Store partnering with Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society in presenting Author Renee Rosen Tickets are $35.00 and include luncheon with book A fictional biography of the "Merchant Prince" Marshall Field, told from the point of view of his mistress Delia "Dell" Spencer, daughter of Franklin Spencer, one of Chicago's wealthiest purveyors of dry goods. In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: ""Give the lady what she wants." "His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer and led to an infamous love affair.