Gordon, Meryl.

Mrs. Astor regrets : the hidden betrayals of a family beyond reproach / Hidden betrayals of a family beyond reproach Meryl Gordon. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. - 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-320).

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.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9780618893737 (trade : alk. paper) 0618893733 (trade : alk. paper)

2008034893


Astor, Brooke.
Astor, Brooke.


Socialites--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Philanthropists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Socialites--Biography.
Philanthropists--New York (N.Y.)--Biography.


New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.

CT275.A847 / G67 2008

974.7/043/092 B