“Doris was a prankster,” says friend Emma Veary, whose Hawaiian mother Duke often enlisted as a traveling companion. “Mother was very dark-skinned, and once, for a party, Doris dressed her in saris, ...

Tobacco heiress Doris Duke, once dubbed "The Richest Girl in the World," was a voracious collector. She was particularly fond of Southeast Asian and Islamic art, French and English furniture, and ...