Gilded Greed is a story of corruption, revenge and desire during one of the most divisive political debates of the Gilded Age--the renewal of the Louisiana Lottery in 1891-1892. The stakes are high. The Lottery Company wields significant political power through its ill-gotten profits. Opposition erupts, threatening to derail the lottery, an unacceptable financial set-back. Desperation and growing tensions define those key characters as they embark on personal journeys of discovery and revenge; romantic liaisons that clash against the cultural divides; illegal activities that prey on the desperate and vulnerable; and acts of violent reprisals in a struggle that transcends the business of the lottery itself. Revealed are the darkest secrets of the Gilded Age in New Orleans--gambling, corruption, violence, prostitution, procurement, even Voodoo. The streets of the French Quarter are already 175 years old. The rot and ruin of this old center only adds...

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