The Princess of Albemarle: Amélie Rives, Author and Celebrity at the Fin de Siècle

by Jane Turner Censer

Book Overview

At the turn of the twentieth century, Am lie Rives was one of the most famous women in America. A member of Virginia's First Families--and granddaughter of a U.S. senator, she belonged to the southern aristocracy. Considered one of the great beauties of her time, Rives leveraged both her connections and her own considerable talent to become a best-selling author and then married into the wealthy Astor family. As Jane Turner Censer makes clear in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813948193
• ISBN13: 9780813948195
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"