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Kiernan, Denise, author.
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Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914.
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) -- History.
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The last castle [large type] : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home / Denise Kiernan.
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Kiernan, Denise, author.
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Subjects
Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914.
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) -- History.
ISBN:
9781432848231 (large print : hardback)
1432848232 (large print : hardback)
Series:
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction.
Description:
665 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition:
Large print edition.
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.
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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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LT 975.688 Ki
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