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The last castle the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home Cover Image

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

Kiernan, Denise, (author.).

Summary:

Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore--and secure the future of the region and her husband's legacy.

Record details

ISBN: 9781432848231
ISBN: 1432848232
Physical Description: 665 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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 tress -- Births of the century -- Trials and toymakers -- 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.