Frances Kiernan The Last Mrs. Astor (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Last Mrs. AstorCondition: NewSubtitle: A New York StoryISBN-10: 0393331601EAN: 9780393331608ISBN: 9780393331608Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/05/2008Description: This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor’s friends and the heads of New York’s great cultural institutions, gives us back the woman so loved and admired. At the age of 51, Brooke Astor wedded the notoriously ill-tempered Vincent Astor, who died in 1959. In a highly publicized courtroom battle, she fought off an attempt to break Vincent’s will, which left $67 million to the Vincent Astor Foundation. As the foundation’s president, Mrs. Astor would use this legacy to benefit New York City. She would personally visit every grant applicant and charm anyone she met. At her hundredth birthday, princes and presidents honored her, but in 2006 a grandson petitioned the courts to have his father removed as Brooke’s guardian. Once again an Astor court battle became the stuff of headlines.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 208mmItem Length: 142mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 436gAuthor: Frances KiernanGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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