House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty by Julia Flynn Siler
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- Pub. Date: June 2007
- 464pp
- Sales Rank: 68,547
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2007
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 464pp
- Sales Rank: 68,547
- ISBN-13: 9781592402595
- ISBN: 1592402593
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Set in Californias lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corporations twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn Siler brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama.
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Based on exhaustive research and interviews, each page is packed with facts and footnotes which, by dint of superb writing, manage to engage the reader and avoid the data brain-lock that would have plagued a less-talented journalist.
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ALAN SKLAR has narrated over 75 audiobooks and earned numerous awards for his work. He has also provided the voice for thousands of corporate and medical videos, as well as many radio and TV commercials. He lives with his wife in New York.
Julia Flynn Siler writes for "The Wall Street Journal" from San Francisco. She is a former London-based staff writer for the "Journal" and "BusinessWeek," and has written for "The New York Times," She is a graduate of Brown University, Northwestern Universityas Kellogg School of Management, and Columbiaas Graduate School of Journalism.
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A Legacy Lost on the Vines of Wineby durosas
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September 25, 2009: Having read the latter parts of the events from this book real-time as they unfolded I was eager to learn what had occurred leading up to the climatic loss of a once powerful and legendary force in the wine industry. While I found the beginning difficult to get into and several sections feel to become somewhat static the pace starts to pick-up as Flynn Siler starts to gain a rhythm.
It truly feels as if the reader is there in the living room of the Mondavi's or watching the interaction at the winery or gazing on as the events unfold. The only slight is the focus tends to steer towards Michael and his portion of the family giving short thrift to Peter and the sisters. Understandably, Michael was the most forceful personality and no doubt would have been proud to inadvertently or not be the sun in which the plot of the book revolves but it would have provided the reader a broader look at the Mondavis and not just Michael.That being said, the book is an excellent read with its richness of detail, easy flowing style and unique ability because of the authors profession to provide us with intricate details into the family, the company and the industry.I Also Recommend: Den Of Thieves, Memoirs, Promises to Keep.
A Non-Fiction Page Turner!by Anonymous
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June 05, 2008: Julia Flynn Siler's The House of Mondavi starts with everything that makes a great story: a wonderfully complex and larger-than-life character, a lush wine-country setting, a conflicted family, and a great undertaking. She brings the story to life with a journalist's eye for the telling detail and a fine fiction writer's sense of plot, pacing, and instinct for the great tragedy that so often results from excesses of pride. The result is a page-turner that leaves the reader not just with the sense of having enjoyed a satisfying story, but also with a deep knowledge of the history of the rise of California's wine industry and a better understanding of human nature. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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