Mrs. Astor

Biographer Meryl Gordon recounts the story of Mrs. Brooke Astor, conjuring up a world nearly forgotten: one of lavish wealth and secrets of the sort that have engaged Americans from the era of Edith Wharton to the decadent days of Truman Capote and Vanity Fair. Astor died at age 105 and spent her last years ensnared in scandal. Join Gordon as she recounts how this fairytale turned into a nightmare.