American Lady: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop

by Caroline de Margerie

Book Overview

An American aristocrat - a descendant of founding father John Jay - Susan Mary Alsop (1918 - 2004) with husband, Joe Alsop, brought together the movers and shakers of not just the United States, but the world. Henry Kissinger remarked that more agreements were concluded in her living room than in the White House. Born in Rome, brought up in Argentina and the United States, Susan Mary arrived in Paris in 1945 to join her first husband, Bill Patten...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670025747
• ISBN13: 9780670025749
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.3"