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: 9781476794044
- ISBN: 1476794049
- ISBN: 9781476794051
- ISBN: 1476794057
- Physical Description: vii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st Touchstone edition
- Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2017.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-363) 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.
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- 3 current holds with 138 total copies.
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| Andrews Public Library | 975.688 KIE (Text) | 80605000818426 | Adult Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Graham County Library | 975.688 KIE (Text) | 80605001421907 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Moss Memorial Library | 975.688 KIE (Text) | 80605001656791 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Murphy Public Library | 975.688 KIE (Text) | 80605000365956 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
