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Vanderbilt's Biltmore

By Robert Wernick

Book information

Publisher
New Word City
Year
2014
ISBN
9781612306131
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2716143 bytes)
Pages
16\0
Time added
2015-05-04 05:18:21

Description

The original sketch for the Biltmore, George Washington Vanderbilt's grand estate in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, laid out plans for a modest Tuscan villa. But ambition quickly took wing. The house swelled to 225 rooms and became - until 2012 when it was topped by the home of a billionaire in Mumbai, India – the world's largest residence ever built for a private citizen. Here's the story of the house that Vanderbilt built - from the gardens by Frederick Law Olmsted to the John Singer Sargent portraits that adorn its walls.

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