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Search - Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Became an American Icon

Lady on the Hill How Biltmore Became an American Icon
Author: Howard E. Covington Jr

It is the epitome of Gilded Age splendor: the largest private home ever built in the United States, a French chateau graced with more than 50,000 priceless furnishings and objets d'art, set in an enchanting rural paradise, designed by America's foremost nineteenth-century landscape architect. A National Historic Landmark, George Vanderbi... more »

ISBN-13: 9780471758181
ISBN-10: 0471758183
Publication Date: 3/10/2006
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Wiley
Book Type: Hardcover
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Tabatha M. reviewed Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Became an American Icon on 5/4/2009 + 10 more book reviews

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I truly enjoyed getting to know the Home better. It has been a favorite place for my husband and I for many years. NOt only about the house but also the family behind the house.

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