Mrs. Astor regrets : the hidden betrayals of a family beyond reproach / Meryl Gordon.
By: Gordon, Meryl.
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BookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780618893737 (trade : alk. paper); 0618893733 (trade : alk. paper).Other title: Hidden betrayals of a family beyond reproach.Subject(s): Astor, Brooke | Socialites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Philanthropists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | Astor, Brooke | Socialites -- Biography | Philanthropists -- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- BiographyDDC classification: 974.7/043/092 | B Summary: Details the later years of Brooke Astor, an American socialite and philanthropist, and describes how her grandson Philip took legal action against his father, Anthony Marshall Astor, in order to remove him as Brooke's legal guardian, claiming that his grandmother was receiving unfit treatment, despite the wealth of her estate.
Details the later years of Brooke Astor, an American socialite and philanthropist, and describes how her grandson Philip took legal action against his father, Anthony Marshall Astor, in order to remove him as Brooke's legal guardian, claiming that his grandmother was receiving unfit treatment, despite the wealth of her estate.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-320).
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