Title:
Empty mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune / Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
ISBN:
9780345534538
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Ballantine Books, [2013]
Physical Description:
xxiii, 456 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
The Clark mansion, part one -- The log cabin -- The Copper King mansion -- The U.S. Capitol -- The Clark mansion, part two -- 907 Fifth Avenue, part one -- 907 Fifth Avenue, part two -- Bellosguardo -- Le Beau Château -- Doctors Hospital -- Beth Israel Medical Center -- Woodlawn Cemetery -- Surrogate's Courthouse -- The cricket.
Summary:
"A rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of the nineteenth century with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance…A touching story of an eccentric of the highest order, a last jewel of the Gilded Age who lived life on her own terms"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
ocn837141775
Availability:
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