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The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home / Denise Kiernan.
Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, to become its protector in the face of changing fortunes and times.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476794051
- ISBN: 1476794057
- Physical Description: ix, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Touchstone, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Includes an unnumbered Touchstone Reading Group guide. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A winter's tale -- A lady of the long man rising -- Rhapsody in mauve -- Collaborations and consecrations -- A crossing of some consequence -- New mistress -- Forest for the trees -- Births of the century -- Trials and toymakers -- The more things change -- High and dry -- Final crossings -- Washed away -- Homespun and a great war -- Freedoms and flappers -- Glimpse of a castle -- You might go home again -- Epilogue. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958. Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914. Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) > History. |
| Genre: | Biographies. History. |
Available copies
- 25 of 25 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public.
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- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Montgomery City Public Library | 975.6 KIE (Text) | 31927000020276 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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