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Book Review of The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark

The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark
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I thought this was a well-written biography of a gilded-age heiress who lived the last 20 years of her life in a hospital room, per her request. Estranged from her family, her will was contested when she died at age 104, by many who had never met her, or who hadn't seen her in decades.