As far as “only-in-America” stories go, this is one for the centuries. It’s an epic tale with a global cast ranging from England’s Charles I – executed for treason in 1649 – to the last Shah of Iran, who was deposed by fundamentalist clerics more than three centuries later. Supporting these imperial cameos is a founding family of New York’s fabled Hamptons enclave – along with a dashing Jewish refugee whose good taste is helping to preserve one of the most historic properties on Long Island’s exclusive east end.
就「只有在美國纔有」的故事而言,這是個世紀性的故事。這是一個史詩般的故事,有來自世界各地的演員,從1649年因叛國罪被處決的英國查理一世,到三個多世紀後被原教旨主義神職人員廢黜的伊朗末代國王。支持這些皇室角色的是:紐約傳奇的漢普頓飛地的一個創辦家族,以及一位風度翩翩的猶太難民,他的好品味幫助保護了長島東區最具歷史意義的一處房產。