Empty Mansions

Empty Mansions

by Bill Dedman

2 mentors recommend this 456 pages

The rich mystery of a reclusive, eccentric heiress Huguette Clark: a true story of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of the nineteenth century with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance.

ISBN: 9781782394778

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Morgan Housel

Finance & Investing

"The story of an heiress who inherits a fortune but lives a life of seclusion with almost no contact with the outside world while collecting mansions that go unvisited until she dies at age 104 after living in a hospital for years despite excellent health, setting off an epic battle for her money. Like the Vanderbilt story, it’s a fascinating look at what money does, and doesn’t, do for you."

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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart

Comedy

"It’s one of those incredible stories you didn’t know existed, It filled a void."

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"One of those incredible stories that you didn’t even know existed. It filled a void."