American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton

Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a MondayĪn absorbing portrait of a woman who lived life on her own terms. A vividly imagined portrait that mesmerized me from the first page to the last. Skillfully woven and impeccably researched, American Princess brims with scandals, secrets, and the complexities of love in all of its wondrous, maddening forms. Fabulous! - Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of America's First Daughter and My Dear Hamilton

Fast-paced and written with verve and sass, this book is a treat and a treasure for history lovers. Thornton skillfully brings to life the incomparable and unapologetic Alice Roosevelt, whose scandalous life was at the center of American politics for nearly a century.

The wild, wonderful, outsize personality of presidential daughter Alice Roosevelt is on full and fantastic display in this lightly fictionalized take on her unapologetic, unconventional life….Alice herself would undoubtedly have loved this take on her unorthodox life-as will the many destined to read it.

As Alice soldiers through the devastation of two world wars and brazens out a cutting feud with her famous Roosevelt cousins, it's no wonder everyone in the capital refers to her as the Other Washington Monument-and Alice intends to outlast them all. With the canny sophistication of the savviest politician on the Hill, Alice uses her celebrity to her advantage, testing the limits of her power and the seductive thrill of political entanglements.īut Washington, DC is rife with heartaches and betrayals, and when Alice falls hard for a smooth-talking congressman it will take everything this rebel has to emerge triumphant and claim her place as an American icon. As bold as her signature color Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to stand out in Washington is to make waves-oceans of them. “Presidential darling, America’s sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt’s swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman.”-Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The HuntressĪ sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton.Īlice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. “As juicy and enlightening as a page in Meghan Markle's diary.” - InStyle

American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton