Patrick Skene-Catling

The robber baron who ‘bought judges as other men buy food’

A review of Empty Mansions, by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr, a materialistic, yet hypnotic bestseller about W.A. Clark, one of the most ruth­less accumulators of wealth in American history

The William A Clark Mansion on Fifth Avenue and recluse, Huguette Clark Photo: Getty / PA Images
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  • Empty Mansions

    Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr

    Atlantic, pp. 456

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