Prologue: Trial by Tabloid 1
1. The Astor 100
6
2. A Little Night Music
19
3. Disaster for Mrs. Astor
34
4. "I Married a Terrible Man"
49
5. An American Romance
65
6. White-Glove Philanthropy
78
7. The Perils of Charlene
105
8. The Painting Vanishes
128
9. The Treacherous Codicils
152
10. "I Didn't Know It Would Be Armageddon" 173
11. Blue-Blood Battle 198
12. The Art of Shunning 213
13. A Wonderful Life 239
14. Family Plot 254
Epilogue: A Sunset in Maine 278
Acknowledgments 285
Notes 288
Bibliography 319