Star of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's newest flagship, is a vessel of staggering scale—the joint-largest in the world, capable of hosting 8,000 guests and measuring the length of three football pitches. This is the world that one seasoned yachting journalist, accustomed to the privacy...
The names Vanderbilt and Rockefeller represent the peak of American wealth and ambition during the Gilded Age. Both families built staggering fortunes that reshaped the nation's infrastructure and industry. Yet, despite their similar starting positions as American industrial titans, their long-term legacies could not...