Middleburg Mystique: A Peek Inside the Gates of Middleburg, Virginia (Capital Hometown Guides) - Softcover

Moon, Vicky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931868026 ISBN 13: 9781931868020

Publisher: Capital Books, 2002

Synopsis

"Middleburg Mystique" reveals the charm of this village of 650 residents and the surrounding swath of horse farms just 50 miles west of Washington, D.C. Through the years, there have been scandalous stories of divorce - when actor Robert Duvall’s wife ran off with the poolman - and murders among the rich such as when arms heiress Susan Cummings shot her Argentinean polo-playing lover. It is a community that will gladly gossip about your misdeeds then turn around and protect you as if you were family. It is also a town that has captivated many well-known personalities from the Kennedys, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Wagner, and Oliver North - all of whom have called Middleburg home. A peek behind the grand stone entrances of massive estates with names such as "The Meadows" or "Heathfield" that belong to families such as the Firestones, Mellons, and Marriotts and along dirt roads named "Frogtown" and "Sally Mill", where you will find that, yes, there must be something in that well water.

About this title

About the Author

Vicky Moon has chronicled the lives of the rich, the not-so-rich, the famous, and the not-so-famous for more than twenty years. She has covered her hometown of Middleburg, Virginia’s local murders and prominent lives for People Magazine and the Washington Post. She has also written about Middleburg’s hunt balls, steeplechase races and parties for Town and Country, Millionaire and Southern Accents magazines and has served as a contributing editor for House and Garden. Ms. Moon is the author of The Official Middleburg Life Cookbook, The Middleburg Mystique: A Peek Inside the Gates of Middleburg, Virginia (Capital, 2001); and Best-dressed Southern Salads (Capital, 2002). Vicky lives in Middleburg, Virginia, with her husband, sportswriter Leonard Shapiro, and her son. Find out more about Vicky at www.vickymoon.com.

Review

"Titillating tales of divorce, murder, mayhem, and madness among the owner-squires of exquisite hunt-country estates." -- Washington Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Capital Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1931868026
• ISBN 13: 9781931868020
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224