An American princess : the remarkable life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani / Laurie Dennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dennett, Laurie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caetani, Marguerite.

Commerce (Paris, France : 1924).

Botteghe oscure.

Periodical editors--France--Biography.

Periodical editors.

Periodical editors--Italy--Biography.

Princesses--France--Biography.

Princesses.

France.

Italy.

Princesses--Italy--Biography.

Giardino di Ninfa (Italy).

Europe--Intellectual life--20th century.

Europe.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

411 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"In An American Princess, Laurie Dennett relates the remarkable story of a New England girl 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 tenor of the age, commissioned paintings from artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, and André Derain, and drew upon her many friendships with writers to found and edit the pioneering literary review Commerce."-- From publisher's website.

"Her marriage, in 1911, to the composer Prince Roffredo Caetani, a member of one of Italy's oldest dynasties, added a whole new dimension to her life. Not only did it bring her a title, but happiness, two children, and a set of extraordinarily talented in-laws. When Marguerite and Roffredo moved to Rome in 1932, Ninfa, the estate where the Caetani family had created a garden among the ruins of a medieval town, offered a refuge from fascism and an outlet for creativity. At age sixty-eight, having survived the death of her son, the war and the occupation, Marguerite launched the international review Botteghe Oscure. Its aim was to reclaim respectability for Italian writing, but through her discerning and generous editorial vision, it became a showcase for writers everywhere."-- From publisher's website.

Contents:

1 A Girl from New England 3

2 A Young Heiress in the Making 24

3 One Life, Two Worlds 43

4 Prince Roffredo and the Caetani 69

5 A Strained Courtship with a Happy Outcome 99

6 A Family in War and Peace 122

7 Villa Romaine and the Genesis of Commerce 140

8 A Unique Vocation: Fostering the Commerce of Ideas 160

9 The Move to Rome, and Ninfa 191

10 War and Tragedy 222

11 New Beginnings: Botteghe Oscure 243

12 The Fullness of Time 281

13 A Legacy for the Future 315.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Dennett, Laurie, 1946-, author. American princess.

ISBN:

9780773548183

0773548181

OCLC:

953630230