The last castle the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home
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.
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New York :
Touchstone,
2017.
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| Edition: | First Touchstone hardcover edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Kiernan, Denise, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The last castle : |b the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home / |c Denise Kiernan. |
| 250 | |a First Touchstone hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Touchstone, |c 2017. | |
| 300 | |a vii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-363) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 tress -- 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, |d 1873-1958. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Vanderbilt, George Washington, |d 1862-1914. |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Kiernan, Denise. author. |t Last castle |b First Touchstone hardcover edition. |d New York : Touchstone, 2017 |z 9781476794068 |w (DLC) 2017017046 |
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