The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark

by Meryl Gordon

Book Overview

Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in America, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145551263X
• ISBN13: 9781455512638
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"