The 1906 Murder of Stanford White

A millionaire. A famous architect. A beautiful young showgirl. And three bullets that turned Gilded Age New York into a national spectacle.On June 25, 1906, Stanford White sat watching a performance on the rooftop of Madison Square Garden. He was one of America's most celebrated architects, a powerful figure in New York society—and a man carrying secrets from a scandalous past.Then Harry K. Thaw walked up to him and fired three shots.The victim was dead. The killer was a millionaire. And at the center of the explosive story was Evelyn Nesbit, a young actress and model whose relationships with both men had become entangled in jealousy, manipulation, obsession, and scandal.What followed was far more than a murder investigation. Newspapers devoured every lurid detail. New York society watched in fascination. Thaw's trial became an extraordinary courtroom spectacle, turning private scandal into public entertainment and helping create what newspapers called a "Trial of the Century."The 1906 Murder of Stanford White takes readers behind the headlines into the glamorous—and deeply troubled—world of Gilded Age Manhattan.Discover the people, passions, scandals, and courtroom battles surrounding one of America's most notorious murders, where money could buy almost anything except escape from the consequences of obsession.