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# Carnegie’s Maid

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desertcart.com: Carnegie's Maid: A Riveting Historical Fiction Book Club Pick: 9781492662709: Benedict, Marie: Books

Review: Outstanding Historical Fiction - loved it! - I had trouble putting this book down - found it to be riveting from the first few pages. The characters' stories of early immigrant sacrifices and struggles to survive, let alone succeed, are valuable for all of us to learn, appreciate and respect. Life in America was not easy for the vast majority of our ancestors. This historical fiction piece is a great story contrasting wealth and poverty, along with emotional delimmas and love. A great read.
Review: A Satisfying Book - Perhaps a very Pittsburgh book, too -- right down to foregoing love in favor of duty, and love transmuting into ideals. When I was a child in Pittsburgh, the main Carnegie Library was a temple to learning -- no expense spared in its majestic construction and every book cherished, no matter how obscure. I used to make the series of trolley journeys from my suburban home to the university district to visit it every other weekend, just because it amazed me that I was welcome in such a palatial and scholarly environment -- everyone was. It was its sheer magnificence that began my fasciation with Andrew Carnegie. I also adored Pittsburgh -- a very complex place, for those of you who don't know it. So of course I wanted to read this book, and that side of me was gratified to come away with a better understanding of the young Carnegie and Pittsburgh in the time of the Civil War -- with an intriguing description of New York in the same time period thrown in. This book is not a literary masterpiece, but it is competently written from the POV of a ladies' maid -- a narrow view of the world, but one which serves the purposes of the book very nicely. The characters took on reality for me, and the small domestic view of some of the great robber-baron moves of the day, and of the building of the country's infrastructure, was engrossing. So was the description of the living conditions of laboring-class immigrants and Irish tenant farmers during the time of the great potato famine, which came to vivid life. And the story arc was quite satisfying -- and the farthest thing imaginable from predictable. I'll be re-reading this book in future.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #13,052 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7 in Biographical & Autofiction #28 in Biographical Historical Fiction #163 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (28,967) |
| Dimensions  | 5.5 x 0.88 x 8.25 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 1492662704 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1492662709 |
| Item Weight  | 12.6 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 352 pages |
| Publication date  | October 2, 2018 |
| Publisher  | Sourcebooks Landmark |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding Historical Fiction - loved it!
*by A***R on December 10, 2025*

I had trouble putting this book down - found it to be riveting from the first few pages. The characters' stories of early immigrant sacrifices and struggles to survive, let alone succeed, are valuable for all of us to learn, appreciate and respect. Life in America was not easy for the vast majority of our ancestors. This historical fiction piece is a great story contrasting wealth and poverty, along with emotional delimmas and love. A great read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Satisfying Book
*by E***R on July 20, 2018*

Perhaps a very Pittsburgh book, too -- right down to foregoing love in favor of duty, and love transmuting into ideals. When I was a child in Pittsburgh, the main Carnegie Library was a temple to learning -- no expense spared in its majestic construction and every book cherished, no matter how obscure. I used to make the series of trolley journeys from my suburban home to the university district to visit it every other weekend, just because it amazed me that I was welcome in such a palatial and scholarly environment -- everyone was. It was its sheer magnificence that began my fasciation with Andrew Carnegie. I also adored Pittsburgh -- a very complex place, for those of you who don't know it. So of course I wanted to read this book, and that side of me was gratified to come away with a better understanding of the young Carnegie and Pittsburgh in the time of the Civil War -- with an intriguing description of New York in the same time period thrown in. This book is not a literary masterpiece, but it is competently written from the POV of a ladies' maid -- a narrow view of the world, but one which serves the purposes of the book very nicely. The characters took on reality for me, and the small domestic view of some of the great robber-baron moves of the day, and of the building of the country's infrastructure, was engrossing. So was the description of the living conditions of laboring-class immigrants and Irish tenant farmers during the time of the great potato famine, which came to vivid life. And the story arc was quite satisfying -- and the farthest thing imaginable from predictable. I'll be re-reading this book in future.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Historical Fiction at its Best!
*by E***B on June 8, 2021*

I hadn’t read any Marie Benedict novels, and knew nothing about her, before reading The Only Woman in the Room. The book was a delight to read, so I was excited to follow it up with Carnegie’s Maid. This one did not disappoint! As an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon and with a longstanding interest in the industrial history of Pittsburgh, I was drawn to the setting and era in which the story takes place. Benedict’s descriptions of the filth and poverty of the city juxtaposed against the wealth are written in such masterful detail. The story’s topics of wealth inequality and immigration challenges remain relevant even today. Clara, the protagonist, is strong, likeable, intelligent and relatable, much like Hedy in The Only Woman in the Room. I loved Benedict’s diplomatic rendering of Andrew Carnegie, whose reputation as an ambitious, somewhat greedy “robber baron” has, in my opinion, always been too one-sided. She paints a more nuanced and complex picture of Carnegie as a young man, with redeeming and attractive traits; the playful dialogue between Carnegie and Clara make him more human and fallible as well. Can’t wait to read another Marie Benedict novel!

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