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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kiernan, Denise (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Touchstone, [2017]
Edition:	First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) > History. Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, > 1873-1958. Vanderbilt, George Washington, > 1862-1914. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. HISTORY / United States.

Table of 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.