Empty Mansions
| Author | Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction/Biography |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
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Publication date
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September 10, 2013 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback), e-book, audio-CD |
| Pages | 496 pp (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | (Hardcover) |
| Website | Empty Mansions, by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. | Official Website |
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune is a non-fiction book by the American authors Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. about the heiress Huguette Clark (1906-2011), daughter of the copper baron and United States Senator William A. Clark (1839 – 1925), one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time. The book chronicles both William and Huguette's life, including Huguette's decision to live the last 20 or so years of her life in hospitals in New York City, despite owning multiple homes and a fortune worth more than $300 million.
Empty Mansions debuted at Number 1 on The New York Times bestseller list for e-books, and Number 4 for hardcover books, for the week ending September 14, 2013. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for 13 weeks, and on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list for 37 weeks. Empty Mansions also appeared on bestseller lists from Publishers Weekly, Indie Bound independent booksellers, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Maclean’s magazine in Canada.
Originally published in the United States and Canada, Empty Mansions has been published in translation in China, Brazil, and Italy, and also published in English in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries.
Huguette was the daughter of self-made copper industrialist William A. Clark, who was nearly as wealthy as John D. Rockefeller in his day. Clark was a controversial senator, builder of railroads, namesake for Clark County, Nevada, and the founder of Las Vegas. Huguette grew up in the largest house in New York City, the William A. Clark House at 952 Fifth Avenue, which was unimaginably luxurious with 121 rooms for a single family of four. She owned paintings by Edgar Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, and a vast collection of antique dolls. During her life, she used her wealth to buy gifts for friends and strangers alike while quietly pursuing her own calling as an artist and guarding the privacy she valued above all else.
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