by Bill Dedman
First published 2013
Huguette Clark, the mysterious heiress to a copper fortune, vanishes from public view for decades. As her health declines, a battle erupts over her $300 million estate, exposing a web of secrets and lies. This spellbinding true story uncovers the gilded opulence of the Gilded Age and one woman's tragic isolation.
Genres: biography, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
Period: Gilded Age
456 pages · Paperback · Atlantic Books