Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Format: Book 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. Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Touchstone, 2017. Description: vii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Subjects: Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958. Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914. Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) -- History. Genre: Biographies. Notes: 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 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. LCCN: 2017015229 ISBN: 9781476794044 (hardcover) 1476794049 (hardcover) 9781476794051 1476794057 Other Number: 981761550 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 685965 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 975.688 Kiernan Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
