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Author Kiernan, Denise, author.

Title The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home / Denise Kiernan.

Publication Info. New York : Touchstone, 2017.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  975.6 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  975.6 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  975.6 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  975.688 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  975.688 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  975.688 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  975.6 KIERNAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  975.6 KIE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  975.6 KIE    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  975.6 KIE    Check Shelf

Edition First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Description vii, 388 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-363) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) -- History.
Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914.
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
HISTORY / United States.
Other Form: Online version: Kiernan, Denise. author. Last castle First Touchstone hardcover edition. New York : Touchstone, 2017 9781476794068 (DLC) 2017017046
ISBN 9781476794044 (hardcover)
1476794049 (hardcover)
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