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The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
Meryl Gordon
Biography
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
by Meryl Gordon
—· 391 p· 2014
hauntingmysteriousreflective
Overview
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Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in American, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend William MacDonald Gower. Two-years later the co…
Pages
391
Grand Central Pub.
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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—
Reader feel
Social History
9
Emotional depth
8
Narration
8
True Crime Adjacent Intrigue
8
Prose
7
Plot twists
7
Pacing
7
Worldbuilding
5
My journey
My experience
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The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
Meryl Gordon
Biography
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
by Meryl Gordon
— · —· 391 pages· 2014
hauntingmysteriousreflective
Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in American, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend William MacDonald Gower. Two-years later the co…
Pages
391
Grand Central Pub.
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
—
Social History
9
Emotional depth
8
Narration
8
True Crime Adjacent Intrigue
8
Prose
7
Plot twists
7
Pacing
7
Worldbuilding
5
My journey
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
Reading days
Notes
your reading journal
Books like The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
If you loved this
The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean
The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean
Grey Gardens
Jerry Torre, David Heeley, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde
Grey Gardens
Jerry Torre, David Heeley, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde