The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
de Kiernan, Denise
- Usado
- Estado
- New.
- ISBN 10
- 1476794057
- ISBN 13
- 9781476794051
- Librería
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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New The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton
Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House
Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore-and secure the future of the region and her husband's legacy
This is the fascinating, "soaring and gorgeous" (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day
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- Librería
- Amazing Bookshelf, Llc (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 29269
- Título
- The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
- Autor
- Kiernan, Denise
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 1476794057
- ISBN 13
- 9781476794051
- Editorial
- Touchstone Books
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