A Brother to Dragons and Other Old-Time Tales

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
Cover of the book A Brother to Dragons and Other Old-Time Tales by Amelie Rives, Seltzer Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Amelie Rives ISBN: 9781455305803
Publisher: Seltzer Books Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Amelie Rives
ISBN: 9781455305803
Publisher: Seltzer Books
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

According to Wikipedia: "Amélie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (18631945) was an American novelist and poet. Rives wrote at least twenty-four volumes of fiction, numerous uncollected poems, and Herod and Marianne (1889), a verse drama. In 1888, she published novel The Quick or the Dead?, her most famous and popular work that sold 300,000 copies. The work depicted erotic passions of a newly widowed woman and earned Rives notoriety. Later she turned to theater and began writing plays for Broadway. Her play The Fear Market ran for 118 performances at the Booth Theatre in 1916. A goddaughter of Robert E. Lee and a granddaughter of the engineer and senator William Cabell Rives, Amélie Rives married eccentric John Armstrong Chanler (an heir to the Astor family fortune) of New York.The marriage was scandalous, but unhappy. The couple spent seven years as husband and wife, but most of the time lived apart. Rives flirted with George Curzon, her husband's younger brother, and began using drugs. In 1896, just four months after their divorce, she married Pierre Troubetzkoy, an artist and aristocrat. The couple resided at Castle Hill, near Cismont, Virginia.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

According to Wikipedia: "Amélie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (18631945) was an American novelist and poet. Rives wrote at least twenty-four volumes of fiction, numerous uncollected poems, and Herod and Marianne (1889), a verse drama. In 1888, she published novel The Quick or the Dead?, her most famous and popular work that sold 300,000 copies. The work depicted erotic passions of a newly widowed woman and earned Rives notoriety. Later she turned to theater and began writing plays for Broadway. Her play The Fear Market ran for 118 performances at the Booth Theatre in 1916. A goddaughter of Robert E. Lee and a granddaughter of the engineer and senator William Cabell Rives, Amélie Rives married eccentric John Armstrong Chanler (an heir to the Astor family fortune) of New York.The marriage was scandalous, but unhappy. The couple spent seven years as husband and wife, but most of the time lived apart. Rives flirted with George Curzon, her husband's younger brother, and began using drugs. In 1896, just four months after their divorce, she married Pierre Troubetzkoy, an artist and aristocrat. The couple resided at Castle Hill, near Cismont, Virginia.

More books from Seltzer Books

Cover of the book Texan Series, the first 2 of the 3 novels of that series by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Footprints in the Forest by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Berlioz: libretti of 3 operas by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book The Brass Bell or the Chariot of Death: a Tale of Caesar's Gallic Invasion by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Charles Dickens: 7 non-fiction books by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Correggio - A Collection of 15 Pictures (Illustrated) by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Salome, a short biblical play, in the original French by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Shakespeare Criticism and Commentary: 24 Books by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Henty Sampler #2: Ten Historical Novels by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book The Land of Mystery by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Owen Wister: seven novels by Amelie Rives
Cover of the book Hospital Sketches by Amelie Rives
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy