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The Gilded Age Promise: Kopp Chronicles
The promise of the Gilded Age evokes a worldwide exhilarating time of technological advancement and economic expansion. American society is transforming from focusing on small rural farms to an urban one dominated by large corporations resulting in even more inequality between the wealthy and middle-class. Discriminatory segregation and immigration laws enacted by misguided and corrupt political leaders threaten to tarnish the American dream. Nevertheless, charismatic American women activists are generating a renewed impetus for women’s rights through the alcohol temperance and women’s suffragette movements.
Meanwhile, turmoil in the Middle East forces the dashing British military intelligence agent, Richard Cordwell, to come out of retirement and embark on a secret mission for Her Majesty’s government. He encounters the beautiful French spy who stole his heart, and makes an astounding personal revelation!
Buffeted by these Gilded Age events, an immigrant American family is determined to stand firm in their belief in the hope, freedom, and opportunity, of their adopted country. The words written by poet Emma Lazarus on the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty express this
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Enjoy the next volume in the sweeping Kopp Chronicles saga!
Meanwhile, turmoil in the Middle East forces the dashing British military intelligence agent, Richard Cordwell, to come out of retirement and embark on a secret mission for Her Majesty’s government. He encounters the beautiful French spy who stole his heart, and makes an astounding personal revelation!
Buffeted by these Gilded Age events, an immigrant American family is determined to stand firm in their belief in the hope, freedom, and opportunity, of their adopted country. The words written by poet Emma Lazarus on the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty express this
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Enjoy the next volume in the sweeping Kopp Chronicles saga!
89 pages, Paperback
Published August 20, 2024
About the author
Gregory Kopp
80 books1 followerGregory Kopp is an Amazon & Goodreads 5-Star Author, Graduate of Northwestern University and a Principal Consultant for Kopp Company, a privately held firm. Gregory is also a Talent Ambassador for The Walt Disney Company.
The Amazon and Goodreads 5-star Kopp Chronicles series of novels, written by Gregory, have been nominated for Reader's Choice Awards, Goodreads Choice Awards and numerous "Cover of the Month" & "Book of the Day" Honors. The novels have also received glowing reviews and featured “First Lines” in "Publishers Weekly", an international news website of book publishing and in Readers' Favorite, the fastest growing book review and award contest site on the Internet, respected by publishers Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins.
Contact Email: Greg.Kopp@Kopp-Company.com
Website: www.Kopp-Company.com
The Amazon and Goodreads 5-star Kopp Chronicles series of novels, written by Gregory, have been nominated for Reader's Choice Awards, Goodreads Choice Awards and numerous "Cover of the Month" & "Book of the Day" Honors. The novels have also received glowing reviews and featured “First Lines” in "Publishers Weekly", an international news website of book publishing and in Readers' Favorite, the fastest growing book review and award contest site on the Internet, respected by publishers Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins.
Contact Email: Greg.Kopp@Kopp-Company.com
Website: www.Kopp-Company.com
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May 31, 2026
This novel does something rare: it captures the Gilded Age in full, the dazzle and the darkness. The immigrant family at its heart is unforgettable, their quiet daily choice to believe in America's promise despite inequality, corruption, and discrimination hits harder than any grand speech could. The author earns every moment of that Emma Lazarus payoff.
Richard Cordwell's spy storyline adds surprising depth, and the French spy reunion crackles with tension. But it's the suffragette and temperance women who steal the book, fierce, charismatic, and absolutely alive on the page.
What sets this apart from typical historical fiction is its moral honesty. Progress and injustice coexist here, just as they did in history. The author never lets nostalgia off the hook.
A sweeping, deeply human chapter in the Kopp Chronicles. Highly recommended.
Richard Cordwell's spy storyline adds surprising depth, and the French spy reunion crackles with tension. But it's the suffragette and temperance women who steal the book, fierce, charismatic, and absolutely alive on the page.
What sets this apart from typical historical fiction is its moral honesty. Progress and injustice coexist here, just as they did in history. The author never lets nostalgia off the hook.
A sweeping, deeply human chapter in the Kopp Chronicles. Highly recommended.
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