EXCERPT
Hearst Castle is one of America’s greatest houses, but its architect, Julia Morgan, had to deal with a patron who couldn’t stop buying things.
Victoria Kastner is the author of a trilogy on the history of William Randolph Hearst’s grand estate at San Simeon: Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House, Hearst’sSan Simeon: The Gardens and the Land, and Hearst Ranch: Family, Land, and Legacy.