Empty Mansions Av Paul Clark Newell, Bill Dedman

Empty Mansions Av Paul Clark Newell, Bill Dedman

Empty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of nineteenth-century America with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance. At its heart is a reclusive heiress named Huguette Clark, a woman so secretive that, at the time of her death at......
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<p><i>Empty Mansions </i>is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of nineteenth-century America with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance. At its heart is a reclusive heiress named Huguette Clark, a woman so secretive that, at the time of her death at age 104, no new photograph of her had been seen in decades. Though she owned palatial homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, why had she lived for twenty years in a simple hospital room, despite being in excellent health? Why were her valuables being sold off? Was she in control of her fortune, or controlled by those managing her money?<br><br>Huguette Clark was the daughter of self-made copper industrialist W. A. Clark, nearly as rich as Rockefeller in his day, a controversial senator, railroad builder, and founder of Las Vegas. She grew up in the largest house in New York City, a remarkable dwelling with 121 rooms for a family of four. She owned paintings by Degas and Ren
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Empty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of nineteenth-century America with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance. At its heart is a reclusive heiress named Huguette Clark, a woman so secretive that, at the time of her death at age 104, no new photograph of her had been seen in decades. Though she owned palatial homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, why had she lived for twenty years in a simple hospital room, despite being in excellent health? Why were her valuables being sold off? Was she in control of her fortune, or controlled by those managing her money?Huguette Clark was the daughter of self-made copper industrialist W. A. Clark, nearly as rich as Rockefeller in his day, a controversial senator, railroad builder, and founder of Las Vegas. She grew up in the largest house in New York City, a remarkable dwelling with 121 rooms for a family of four. She owned paintings by Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, a vast collection of antique dolls. But wanting more than treasures, she devoted her wealth to buying gifts for friends and strangers alike, to quietly pursuing her own work as an artist, and to guarding the privacy she valued above all else.Empty Mansions reveals a complex portrait of the mysterious Huguette and her intimate circle. We meet her extravagant father, her publicity-shy mother, her star-crossed sister, her French boyfriend, her nurse who received more than $30 million in gifts, and the relatives fighting to inherit Huguette''s copper fortune. Richly illustrated with more than seventy photographs, Empty Mansions is an enthralling story of an eccentric of the highest order, a last jewel of the Gilded Age who lived life on her own terms.

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Empty Mansions tar deg med på en fascinerende reise inn i en verden fylt med mystikk, rikdom og tap. Boken graver dypt i livet til den tilbaketrukne arven Huguette Clark, en enestående kvinne som levde i skyggen av sine egne enorme eiendeler. Hvordan kunne en berømt arving, med enorme eiendommer i California, New York og Connecticut, velge å tilbringe nesten tyve år i et enkelt sykerom, til tross for utmerket helse? Denne boken stiller spørsmålene vi alltid har ønsket svar på.

En Fascinerende Beretning om Liv og Arv

Med Empty Mansions dykker skribentene Newell og Dedman ned i en av de mest intrikate arven i moderne tid, med en samlet verdi på over 300 millioner dollar. Her får vi et innblikk i:

  • Den bortgjemte barndommen til Huguette, datter av den self-made koppermilliardæren W. A. Clark.
  • De vakre, men tomme palassene hun eide.
  • Hennes kjærlighet til kunst, inkludert samlingen av malerier fra mestere som Degas og Renoir.
  • The secrets surrounding her vast collection of antique dolls and a world-renowned Stradivarius violin.

Hvem Var Huguette Clark?

Huguette Clark var ikke bare en arving, hun var en kunstner med sitt eget uttrykk som verdsatte privatlivet over alt annet. Boken gir et portrett av en kvinne som skapte sitt eget univers, fri fra presset fra samfunnet. Hvem var de som graviterte rundt henne? Fra hennes ekstravagante far til sykepleieren som vanket med over 30 millioner dollar i gaver, avdekker boken de intrikate forbindelsene som kunne ha inspirert både kjærlighet og konflikt.

Visuelle Elementer og Illustrasjoner

For å berike opplevelsen, er Empty Mansions rikt illustrert med over 70 fotografier, som gir et visuell perspektiv på en tid og livsstil som snart kan være glemt. Hver illustrasjon gir et unikt innblikk i det storslåtte, men ofte isolerte livet til Huguette.

Er du klar for å avdekke mysteriene bak Empty Mansions? Enten du er en historieentusiast eller bare ute etter å forstå menneskenes psykologi, vil denne boken helt sikkert forføre deg med sine uventede vendinger og gripende fortellinger.

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