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Mrs. Astor Regrets by Meryl Gordon (2008, Hardcover)
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Author: Meryl Gordon
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2008-12-03
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0618893733
ISBN-13: 9780618893737
Product ID: EPID65777629
Description: In 1953, Brooke Marshall married her third husband, the fabulously wealthy Vincent Astor, in an arrangement that all agreed was financially motivated. The Astors were veritably the royalty of New York, and Mrs. Astor soon became renowned...
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Wonderful!Review created: 02/14/09
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
This is an excellent read relating to this wonderful lady. This writer did her homework!
Contrary to the previous review, the age of the reader shouldn't matter if you have a minute knowledge of American history and philanthropy. I mean, who doesn't know who Oscar DeLaRenta, Henry Kissinger and the Rockafellers are?!?
Anyone who does not live under a rock will enjoy this story.
Contrary to the previous review, the age of the reader shouldn't matter if you have a minute knowledge of American history and philanthropy. I mean, who doesn't know who Oscar DeLaRenta, Henry Kissinger and the Rockafellers are?!?
Anyone who does not live under a rock will enjoy this story.
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I was anxious to read the accounts of her life and death not to mention the trial of her son ------and the book did not disappoint
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Mrs. Astor Regrets0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I had a little trouble "getting into" this book. It was a decent read, not riveting. It is definitely for someone older than 50 (which I am not) in order to remember most of the players in the book.
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