But wanting more than treasures, she lived out her last 20 years in a simple hospital room, devoting her wealth to her art and buying gifts for friends and strangers.
She owned paintings by Degas and Renoir, a Stradivarius violin, and a vast collection of antique dolls. She grew up in the largest house in New York City, a remarkable dwelling with 121 rooms for a family of four. Huguette held a ticket on the Titanic and was still alive in New York City long after 9/11. Clark, was born in a log cabin, discovered incredible riches in copper in Montana territory after the Civil War, was thought to be as rich as Rockefeller, founded Las Vegas and was pushed out of the U.S. At its heart is heiress Huguette Clark, a woman so secretive that, when she died at age 104, no new photograph of her had been seen for decades. Empty Mansions also appeared on bestseller lists from Publishers Weekly, Indie Bound independent booksellers, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Maclean’s magazine in Canada.Įmpty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the opulence of the 19th century's Gilded Age with a 21st century battle over a $300 million inheritance. It has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 13 weeks, and on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list for 37 weeks. 4 for hardcover books, for the week ending Sept. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list for e-books, and No. Also see there an archive of all of NBC's Huguette Clark stories.Įmpty Mansions debuted at No. See the "buy the book" page for ordering information.Īll forms of the book now include updates on the settlement of the Clark estate. Updates are also on the NBC News page at. Coming to theaters in a Hollywood film.Įmpty Mansions is now available in four flavors: hardcover, paperback, e-book, and also the audiobook containing about 20 minutes of audio of Huguette and her cousin Paul in conversation. On the bestseller list in Los Angeles for 35 weeks. One of New York Times critic Janet Maslin’s 10 favorite books of the year. 1 New York Times bestseller, Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune, was named one of the best nonfiction books of the year at Goodreads, and Barnes & Noble.
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