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When Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Bill Dedman noticed in 2009 a grand home for sale, unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled through a surprising portal into American history. Empty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of the nineteenth century 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 Dedman has collaborated with Huguette Clarks cousin, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., one of the few relatives to have frequent conversations with her. Dedman and Newell tell a fairy tale in reverse: the bright, talented daughter, born into a family of extreme wealth and privilege, who secrets herself away from the outside world. Huguette 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. The Clark family story spans nearly all of American history in three generations, from a log cabin in Pennsylvania to mining camps in the Montana gold rush, from backdoor politics in Washington to a distress call from an elegant Fifth Avenue apartment. The same Huguette who was touched by the terror attacks of 9/11 held a ticket nine decades earlier for a first-class stateroom on the second voyage of the Titanic. 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 Huguettes 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.Advance praise for Empty Mansions Empty Mansions is a dazzlement and a wonder. Bill Dedman and Paul Newell unravel a great character, Huguette Clark, a shy soul akin to Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbirdif Boos father had been as rich as Rockefeller. This is an enchanting journey into the mysteries of the mind, a true-to-life exploration of strangeness and delight.Pat Conroy, author of The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son Empty Mansions is at once an engrossing portrait of a forgotten American heiress and a fascinating meditation on the crosswinds of extreme wealth. Hugely entertaining and well researched, Empty Mansions is a fabulous read.Amanda Foreman, author of A World on FireFrom the Hardcover edition. The Reclusive Doll-Collecting Copper Queen of Fifth Huguette Clark the youngest daughter of copper mogul and Montana Senator William Andrews Clark lived her life in the headlines Born in 1906 to the senator and Anna Huguette Clark - Wikipedia Huguette Clark was born on June 9 1906 in Paris France She was the second daughter of William A Clark from his second wife the former Anna Eugenia La Chapelle William A Clark House - Wikipedia The William A Clark House also known as "Clark's Folly" was a mansion located at 962 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of its intersection with East 77th Street No Charges in Heiress Huguette Clarks $300 Million Fortune The Manhattan district attorney has closed without any charges the investigation into the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark Empty Mansions the No 1 bestselling biography of Explore the mysterious life of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark with photos and videos from the No 1 bestselling book "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of 907 Fifth Avenue: Interior Empty Mansions the No 1 About the Book Explore the world of the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark and her family from the No 1 bestselling book "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Inside Heiress Huguette Clarks California Mansion Frozen [See more photos from Bellosguardo in a gallery on this page Hundreds of photos from all of Huguette Clark's homes are on the website of the bestselling book "Empty Contact Bill Dedman at Power Reporting Contact Bill Dedman To reach Bill Dedman send an email to Bill@PowerReportingcom If you're looking for more information about Bill's book "Empty Mansions: The RAY & JOAN by Lisa Napoli A beautifully written glimpse into the real lives of an American power couple and the incredible contributions one woman made to society Kate Andersen Brower Reclusive mining heiress leaves $30million to the nurse Heiress: Millionaire Huguette Clark died in a Manhattan hospital and has left a fortune to a nurse there who cared for her for more than 20 years
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