Review
BOOK REVIEW: ; Brooke Astor was the last of her kind
Sunday Gazette - Mail
10 Jun 2007
Abstract
Less than a year later, she married again, this time to Vincent Astor, scion of one of New York's most prominent and wealthy families. Author Frances Kiernan explains that the marriage was arranged by Astor's second wife, who was intent on finding him a new wife before divorcing him. [Brooke Astor] was her most accommodating (though not her first) choice. Vincent Astor died in 1959, five years after marrying Brooke, leaving her a fortune and the directorship of the prestigious Astor Foundation. Kiernan has titled her book "The Last Mrs. Astor" not only because Brooke Astor was the sort of larger-than-life personality we won't see again, but also because the world over which she presided has disappeared. We have recently seen the deaths of Nan Kempner and Pat Buckley, members of the same gracious tradition of entertainment and philanthropy. They have been replaced by the brasher, glitzier Trumps and Hiltons.
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Details
- Title
- BOOK REVIEW: ; Brooke Astor was the last of her kind
- Creators
- Paula Marantz Cohen
- Publication Details
- Sunday Gazette - Mail
- Publisher
- Charleston Newspapers; Charleston, W.V
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pennoni Honors College
- Identifiers
- 991020836217804721