Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Story Of Huguette Clark And The Loss Of One Of The World’s Greatest Fortunes

Authors: Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr

In 2009, journalist Bill Dedman was looking to move house.

Frustrated with the market, he decided to browse the internet for places he ‘really couldn’t afford’, stumbling upon Le Beau Chateau ($24 million), a castle of 22 rooms and 52 acres: unoccupied since its purchase in 1951, and not the owner’s only vacant property.