The Hiltons: A Family Dynasty - Hardcover

Taraborrelli, J. Randy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455516694 ISBN 13: 9781455516698

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes an engrossing and revealing portrait of the Hilton dynasty.

THE HILTONS is a fascinating, no-holds-barred account of the American industrial giant who built the world's greatest hotel empire and his always larger-than-life family.

Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism.

Then there are the Hilton children. Playboy Nicky's tragic alcoholism and passionate but abusive relationship with Elizabeth Taylor was the stuff of tabloid legend. Serious Barron, on the other hand, deftly handled his father's legacy, carrying the Hilton brand triumphantly into the new millennium. Eric, raised apart from his older brothers, accepted his supporting role in the Hilton dynasty with calm and quiet - a stark contrast to the boys' much younger half-sister Francesca, whose battle for recognition led her into courtrooms and conflict.

The cast of supporting players includes the inimitable Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was married to Conrad briefly but remained a thorn in his side for decades; a young Donald Trump; and a host of other Hollywood and business luminaries with whom the Hiltons crossed paths and swords over the years.

THE HILTONS is a sweeping saga of the success - and excess - of an iconic and only-in-America family dynasty.

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Review:

A USA Today "New and Noteworthy" Book An Amazon Editors Big Spring Books Pick "Riveting...Hang out the Do Not Disturb sign for this addictive tale." "People""

"Deliciously dishy" "Elle""

A USA Today "New and Noteworthy" Book

An Amazon Editors Big Spring Books Pick

"Riveting...Hang out the Do Not Disturb sign for this addictive tale." "People""

."..filled with enough strange and wonderful anecdotes, and tales of love, greed, and horrid excess to fill a stack full of Jackie Collins novels." "NY Journal of Books""

A USA Today "New and Noteworthy" Book
An Amazon Editors Big Spring Books Pick
"Riveting...Hang out the Do Not Disturb sign for this addictive tale." "People""

A USA Today "New and Noteworthy" Book

An Amazon Editors Big Spring Books Pick

"Riveting...Hang out the Do Not Disturb sign for this addictive tale."--People

..".filled with enough strange and wonderful anecdotes, and tales of love, greed, and horrid excess to fill a stack full of Jackie Collins novels."--NY Journal of Books

"A vivid account of the family's rise to fortune."--New York Daily News

"Deliciously dishy"--Elle

"Taraborrelli has written the definitive biography of a family whose glory days may have passed but which simply refuses to recede into the background."--Kirkus

Book Description:

From New York Times bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes an engrossing and revealing portrait of the Hilton dynasty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1455516694
• ISBN 13: 9781455516698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608