Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying ...

More than a century ago, after losing her husband on the Titanic's disastrous voyage Madeleine Talmage Astor rose to prominence in Palm Beach, where she leased oceanfront estates, socialized and ...

After the ship’s massive bronze propellors rose from the sea and the Titanic plunged like a javelin into the icy North Atlantic, Astor went down with it. Madeleine survived. She was among ...