Listen to the Summary of Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.'s Empty Mansions in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In 1914, the Fifth Avenue parade saw the appearance of a slightly built man in a black frock coat and silk top hat. He was accompanied by three discreet touches of male vanity: a gold watch chain hanging from his dapper white waistcoat, a polka-dotted silk cravat held tightly to his high collar by a pearl stickpin, and his thirty-six-year-old wife...