01903cam a2200349 i 4500 545754236 TxAuBib 170329s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017015229 9781476794044 1476794049 9781476794051 1476794057 40027506338 (OCoLC)9039 NcU/DLC eng NOC DLC rda TxAuBib rda Kiernan, Denise. Last castle. The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home / Denise Kiernan. First Touchstone hardcover edition. New York : Touchstone, [2017] vii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-363) and index. A winter's tale -- A lady of the long man rising -- Rhapsody in mauve -- Collaborations and consecrations -- A crossing of some consequence -- New mistress -- Forest for the trees -- Births of the century -- Trials and toymakers -- The more things change -- High and dry -- Final crossings -- Washed away -- Homespun and a great war -- Freedoms and flappers -- Glimpse of a castle -- You might go home again -- Epilogue. Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, to become its protector in the face of changing fortunes and times. Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser 1873-1958. Vanderbilt, George Washington 1862-1914. Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C) History. Biographies.