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Also by Victoria Kastner:

Hearst's San Simeon, May 2009
Hardcover
Hearst Castle, November 2000
Hardcover

HEARST'S SAN SIMEON
By: Victoria Kastner

The Gardens And The Land

Abrams
May 2009
On Sale: May 1, 2009
240 pages
ISBN: 0810972905
EAN: 9780810972902
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, was more than just a country house, and many of its finest features were outside, not inside. In Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land, the castle's official historian Victoria Kastner takes readers on a time-traveling tour of the estate, from the beginning of its construction to the present.

Featuring two spectacular swimming pools, 120 acres of luxuriant gardens, and 450 square miles of pristine coastal landscape, it's no wonder that the estate was named "La Cuesta Encantada" (The Enchanted Hill). From the 1920s through the 1940s, publisher William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies hosted the country's elite here, encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors at "the ranch," which Hearst created with the architect Julia Morgan. With stunning photographs, original drawings, and lively anecdotes, Hearst's San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land tells the story of one of California's most beautiful and unspoiled treasures.

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