An heiress dismantles her ex-husband's empire after he fathers a child with her former stepmother.
Evelyn Ashcroft sacrifices her inheritance to wed Nathaniel Crowe, a destitute land attorney, then spends ten years deploying her wealth and connections to elevate him into a Gilded Age railway and mining magnate. The partnership fractures when Crowe's secretary reveals he has fathered a son with Vivian, the woman who once married Evelyn's father. Humiliated at Nathaniel's own book signing, Evelyn ends the marriage publicly and returns to her father's railway enterprise. With assistance from her friend Charles, she systematically dismantles Crowe Railway and Mining, leaving Nathaniel and Vivian destitute and addicted while Evelyn earns the press title Railway Queen.
Elements
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Gilded Age New York
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Wife builds husband's fortune
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Husband's affair with former stepmother
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