Brooke Astor was a writer and philanthropist who was married to William Vincent Astor. The pair were married in 1953. The marriage was not a great one by any means. Brooke was an interesting person, as this book outlines, and enjoyed the arts. Her later life was marred with elder abuse and other unfortunate ne'er do wells. She died in 2007, aged 105.

This is the second book that I have read about Brooke Astor, and I preferred the previous one to this one. The research was good, the writing was good, the story was good. I also happen to like this author. If you are looking for a solid book about Brooke Astor, this is a good one to consider picking up. Also, Brooke Astor is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, if any of you fellow necrotoursists are interested in that.