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

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

Kiernan, Denise (author.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9781476794044
  • ISBN: 1476794049
  • ISBN: 9781476794051
  • ISBN: 1476794057
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    vii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Touchstone, [2017]
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    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0

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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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Subject: Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) History
Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser 1873-1958
Vanderbilt, George Washington 1862-1914
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) History
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) History
Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser 1873-1958
Vanderbilt, George Washington 1862-1914
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C) History
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 44 of 50 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth.

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  • 1 current hold with 50 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 975.688 KIE 2017 (Text) 31001101695220 Adult Non Fiction Available -
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