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January 10, 2012 News & Features » Cover Story

Beyond the Boudoir 

How Richmond courtesan Arabella Huntington became the richest woman in the world.

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IT DOESN'T TAKE a voyeur to be tantalized by Richmond's historic period bedrooms. Downtown at the John Marshall House, the great chief justice and his wife must have had a passionate relationship: They slept in a hard-edged, four-poster bed, yet produced…

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