Review: An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Annejet van der Zijl
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Allene Tew was an American socialite during the Gilded Age who became a European aristocrat by marriage. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, apparently based on an imagined ancestor. Such ploys moved her up the social ladder to rather a dizzying height considering her humble beginnings. Beside successful social climbing, what did she do to make her worthy of such an in-depth and far-reaching biography? I am not clear on that part.

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