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Stephen Moskey talked about the lives of Larz and Isabel Anderson, wealthy American socialites who owned multiple East Coast estates during the Gilded Age. Mr. Moskey is the author of Larz a…

Richard Guy Wilson talked about the design of extravagant homes built between the Civil War and World War I, focusing on houses located in Newport, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C.

Stephen Hansen talked about the history of Dupont Circle, one of Washington, D.C.'s, most famous neighborhoods. Mr. Hansen spoke about how and why wealthy, fashionable families and couples m…

Patrick Sheary, curator of furnishings at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum, talked about technology in Gilded Age homes, including electric lighting, telephones, and kit…

Historian William Seale talked about his book, The Imperial Season: America’s Capital in the Time of the First Ambassadors, 1893-1918, in which he examines America’s entry onto the world sta…

Library Director Sandra Powers gave Book TV a tour of the library at the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati in Washington, D.C. She also spoke about the historic books and manuscr…