Not long before the famed ocean-liner Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic after plowing into an iceberg on a cold, dark night in 1912, the richest first-class passenger aboard — a longtime Palm Beach ...
In “The Second Mrs. Astor,” best-selling author Shana Abe draws an intimate portrait of John Jacob Astor IV as seen through the eyes of his second wife, Madeleine Force Astor. This is historical ...
John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, perished in the disaster while his pregnant wife, Madeleine, survived. The couple's significant age difference and Astor's recent divorce ...