01943cam a2200349 i 4500 1173428451 TxAuBib 20240322120000.0 180807t20182017||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018303404 9781476794051 paperback 1476794057 paperback (OCoLC)1036258247 TxAuBib rda Kiernan, Denise,. The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home / Denise Kiernan. First Touchstone trade paperback edition. New York, NY : Touchstone, 2018. ©2017. ix, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes an unnumbered Touchstone Reading Group guide. Includes bibliographical references 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. 20240322. Vanderbilt, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, 1873-1958. Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914. Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C) History.