Consuelo: Portrait of an American Heiress

by James Brough

Book Overview

From the front flap of this 266 page book: "Sparkling with all the glitter of an opulent age, here is a dramatic, richly detailed biography of Consuela Vanderbilt (1877-1964), the American heiress who became a duchess at the expense of love and whose fabled palaces were truly gilded cages. Heiress to the largest personal fortune American has ever known, sheltered in resplendent mansions on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, rigorously trained to assume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698107829
• ISBN13: 9780698107823
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Coward McCann
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.