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"Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." —O, The Oprah Magazine This biography, based on firsth
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A former editor at "The New Yorker" revisits the fabulous life of Brooke Astor, a pioneer of philanthropy and for decades a luminary of New York society. of pho
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Gordon's powerful, poignant saga goes behind the gates of a powerful American dynasty--the Astors--to tell of three generations' worth of longing and missed opp
The Second Mrs. Astor
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After losing her husband on the RMS Titanic, Madeleine Astor, who is constantly surrounded by scandal, finds her status elevated to that of a virtuous, tragic h
A Season of Splendor
Language: en
Pages: 508
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Journey through the splendor and the excesses of the Gilded Age "Every aspect of life in the Gilded Age took on deeper, transcendent meaning intended to prove t