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050 00 $aCT275.A6228$bM3713 2012
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100 1 $aMargerie, Caroline de.
240 10 $aAmerican lady.$lEnglish
245 10 $aAmerican lady :$bthe life of Susan Mary Alsop /$cCaroline de Margerie ; introduction by Frances Fitzgerald ; translated by Christopher Murray.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2012.
300 $axxiii, 232 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
546 $aTranslated from the French.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aAn American aristocrat--a descendant of founding father John Jay--Susan Mary Alsop (1918-2004) knew absolutely everyone and 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. In 1945 Susan Mary joined her first husband, a young diplomat, in Paris, where she was at the center of the postwar diplomatic social circuit, dining with Churchill, FDR, Garbo, and many others. Widowed in 1960, she married journalist and power broker Joe Alsop. Dubbed "the Second Lady of Camelot," Susan Mary hosted dinner parties that were the epitome of political power and social arrival. She reigned over Georgetown society for four decades; her house was the gathering place for everyone of importance, from John F. Kennedy to Katharine Graham. After divorcing Alsop, she embarked on a literary career, publishing four books before her death at 86.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aThe Jays -- On the verge of life -- Paris -- Affairs of the heart -- The age of serenity -- When shadows fall -- At the court of King Jack -- Anatomy of a marriage -- The pleasure of writing -- And night came.
600 10 $aAlsop, Susan Mary.
650 0 $aUpper class women$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aUpper class$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aSocialites$zUnited States$vBiography.
600 10 $aAlsop, Susan Mary$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aAmericans$zFrance$zParis$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aParis (France)$vBiography.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
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