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American Princess : The Remarkable Life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani, PDF eBook

American Princess : The Remarkable Life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani PDF

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In An American Princess, Laurie Dennett relates the remarkable story of a New England woman 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 Andre Derain, and drew upon her many friendships with writers to found and edit the pioneering literary review Commerce.

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 Italy in 1932, she found refuge from fascism and an outlet for creativity at Ninfa, the estate where the Caetani had created a garden among the ruins of a medieval town.

At age sixty-eight, having survived the death of her son, the war, and the German 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.

An engrossing biography based on extensive original research, An American Princess celebrates Marguerite Chapin Caetani's impressive accomplishments and legacy.

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