An American Princess: The Remarkable Life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani

by Laurie Dennett

In An American Princess, Laurie Dennett relates the remarkable story of a New England woman whose wealth, intelligence, and charm took her to the heart of aristocratic and intellectual Europe. Marguerite Chapin (1880?1963) was the product of two cultures: her father's enterprising American one and her mother's French heritage, which enabled her to move to Paris when she inherited a fortune at age twenty-one. There, she studied singing with the greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773548181
• ISBN13: 9780773548183
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"