The Middleburg Mystique A Peek Inside the Gates of Middleburg, Virginia by Vicky Moon Order by PayPal below. $30 - includes postage!
Horses, lavish parties, elegant estates, murders, and rivalries -- an inside look at the people, places, and mystique that surround Middleburg, Virginia

Description:

"Middleburg Mystique" reveals the charms, gossip, and scandals of this small well-to-do village, and the surrounding swath of horse farms just 50 miles west of Washington, D.C. It tells of scandalous divorces (like actor Robert Duvall’s wife running off with the poolman) and racy murders (like arms heiress Susan Cummings shooting her Argentinean polo-playing lover). Middleburg has captivated the Kennedys, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Wagner, and Oliver North. It has gossiped about misdeeds, then turned around and protected both rich and lowly as if they were all family. "Middleburg Mystique" also provides an insider’s 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.

Reviews:

"'The Middleburg Mystique' has it all: gardening, history, Hollywood actors, local hunks who make off with married women, murders of passion, the do-si-do of wealth and pairings that change residences easily thanks to 20118. Complete with photos and recipes from the heart of horse country."
--Lauren Giannini, In & Around Horse Country

"Ms. Moon, a resident of the area, chronicles life in Virginia’s horse country -- who’s who, who was who, and what counts. There’s enough dish about high-society goings-on to titillate the reader who enjoys that kind of thing, as well as a few recipes."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Moon’s book is 224 pages of choice stories locals have been telling for years around the post office, in local watering holes and under their breath at hunt meets. If you like juicy gossip and name-dropping, then this is definitely the book for you. Tales of intrigue, murder, sexual orientation and people genuinely behaving badly abound. Spliced in between the hot pages are coveted recipes from some of hunt country’s swankiest shindigs."
--Fauquier Times-Democrat

"For its horsy tradition and pomp, Moon’s continuous stream of anecdotes is a jaunt. Truly a peek, it offers an inside view of one of Virginia’s greatest cliques."
--Daily Press

"Her book includes stories on the intricacies of life in Middleburg and its most well-known residents, past and present. Moon answers some of the questions anyone driving through the picturesque town might wonder, but might never be able to ask.‘The Middleburg Mystique’ is written in a magazine journalism style."
--Winchester Star

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

" ... a slice of life in one of Virginia’s famously exclusive towns."
--Norfolk-Newport News

"As we know, everything is all about style….For those interested in advanced study or needing remedial assistance, The Middleburg Mystique addresses in detail many of the points raised by Mr. Emerson: the socially desirable town of Middleburg, dogs, the deck at Magpie’s café, and the stablename for 3 Magic Beans. Eventing is all about hard work and preparation. I’m thinking of trading in my Bassett Hound for a Corgi"
--Katherine Walcott, Eventing USA (the official magazine of the US Eventing Association), Issue 3, 2003

 

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