Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell
2013 / 496 pages
rating 8.5

Based on the NBC news article of the same name, this is the fascinating account of Huguette Clark, the youngest daughter of William A. Clark, Gilded Age multi-millionaire (railroads and copper) and scandal-plagued Senator from Montana. Huguette lived as a debutant and a recluse between her birth in1904 and death 2011. She died in a hospital as she’d lived for 20 years, although she was healthy enough to leave. >>>MORE>>>