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ISBN 978-0-14-312413-9 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN)
Biography 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 256 pp. Rights: W00
8 pp b/w photos Pub history: Viking hc
978-0-670-02574-9 On sale: 9/24/2013
SuGGeSTeD ORDeR
“ Marvelous . . . [Susan Mary Alsop]
lived so elegantly in the public eye, and so
passionately when no one was watching.”
—Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times
“ Written with a verve and clarity that her
subject would both admire and regret.”
—The Washington Post
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70 OCTOBeR
“The first-ever biography of the
Georgetown doyenne . . . [who] threw
some of the best parties of the Camelot
era.” —The Wall Street Journal
American Lady
The Life of Susan Mary Alsop
Caroline de Margerie
Translated by Christopher Murray
Introduction by Frances FitzGerald
A descendent of John Jay, Susan Mary Alsop was an American
aristocrat whose first marriage gave her full access to post-war
diplomatic social life in Paris, where she met the love of her life.
Her circle of friends included Winston Churchill, Isaiah Berlin,
Evelyn Waugh, and Christian Dior, among other luminaries. During
John F. Kennedy’s presidency after she had married the powerful
journalist Joe Alsop, her Washington home was a gathering
place for everyone of importance, including Katharine Graham,
Robert McNamara, and Henry Kissinger. Featuring an introduction
by Susan Mary Alsop’s goddaughter Frances FitzGerald,
American Lady is a fascinating chronicle of a woman who witnessed,
as Nancy Mitford once said, “history on the boil.”
n Includes an 8-page insert featuring family photos and pictures of
Susan Mary Alsop with the movers and shakers of her day
CaRoline De MaRgeRie, a former diplomat, is a
member of the Conseil d’Etat, the supreme administrative court in
France. She lives in Paris.
ChRistoPheR MuRRay is an American translator and
musicologist based in Paris.
fRanCes fitZgeRalD is the author of several nonfiction
works, including the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–
winning Fire in the Lake. She lives in New York City.
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