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John Armstrong Chanlerknown as Archie to his familywas an heir to the Astor fortune, an eccentric, dashing, and handsome millionaire. Amlie Rives, from a Southern family and the goddaughter of Robert E. Lee, was a daring author, a stunning temptress, and a woman ahead of her time. Filled with glamour, mystery, and madness, their love affair and marriage made them the talk of society in the Gilded Age.
Archie and Amlie seemed made for each otherboth were passionate, intense, and driven by emotionbut the very things that brought them together would soon draw them apart. Their marriage began with a “secret” wedding that found its way onto the front page of the New York Times, to the dismay of Archie’s relatives and Amlie’s many gentleman friends. To the world, the couple appeared charmed, rich, and famous; they moved in social circles that included Oscar Wilde, Teddy Roosevelt, and Stanford White. But although their love was undeniable, they tormented each other, and their private life was troubled from the start.
They were the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald of their daya celebrated couple too dramatic and unconventional to lastbut their tumultuous story has largely been forgotten. Now, Donna M. Lucey vividly brings to life these extraordinary lovers and their sweeping, tragic romance.
“In the Virginia hunt country just outside of Charlottesville, where I live, the older people still tell stories of a strange couple who died some two generations ago. The stories involve ghosts, the mysterious burning of a church, a murder at a millionaire’s house, a sensational lunacy trial, and a beautiful, scantily clad young woman prowling her gardens at night as if she were searching for something or someoneor trying to walk off the effects of the morphine that was deranging her. I was inclined to dismiss all of this as tall tales Virginians love to spin out; but when I looked into these yarns I found proof that they were true. . . .” Donna M. Lucey on Archie and Amlie
From the Hardcover edition.
Archie and Amlie seemed made for each otherboth were passionate, intense, and driven by emotionbut the very things that brought them together would soon draw them apart. Their marriage began with a “secret” wedding that found its way onto the front page of the New York Times, to the dismay of Archie’s relatives and Amlie’s many gentleman friends. To the world, the couple appeared charmed, rich, and famous; they moved in social circles that included Oscar Wilde, Teddy Roosevelt, and Stanford White. But although their love was undeniable, they tormented each other, and their private life was troubled from the start.
They were the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald of their daya celebrated couple too dramatic and unconventional to lastbut their tumultuous story has largely been forgotten. Now, Donna M. Lucey vividly brings to life these extraordinary lovers and their sweeping, tragic romance.
“In the Virginia hunt country just outside of Charlottesville, where I live, the older people still tell stories of a strange couple who died some two generations ago. The stories involve ghosts, the mysterious burning of a church, a murder at a millionaire’s house, a sensational lunacy trial, and a beautiful, scantily clad young woman prowling her gardens at night as if she were searching for something or someoneor trying to walk off the effects of the morphine that was deranging her. I was inclined to dismiss all of this as tall tales Virginians love to spin out; but when I looked into these yarns I found proof that they were true. . . .” Donna M. Lucey on Archie and Amlie
From the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
A great-great-grandson and heir of John Jacob Astor, John Armstrong "Archie" Chanler was born with the proverbial platinum spoon in his mouth but was no stranger to misfortune. His mother died in 1875 when he was just 13, and his father's demise two years later made Archie the de facto head of the family of 10 orphans. An eccentric who, Lucey concludes, probably suffered from bipolar disorder, Archie married the mesmerizing Amlie Rives, goddaughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee and a Virginia novelist whose scandalous heroines made her a literary sensation. Amlie was a master manipulator and morphine addict who refused her besotted husband sex and affection while spending his inheritance to refurbish her family plantation. The couple's divorce after seven years was fodder for the media as were Archie's commitment to a mental institution by siblings alarmed by his free-spending ways, his escape four years later and his lawsuits to prove his sanity and reclaim his fortune. Writer and photo editor Lucey ably chronicles the pomp and excesses of the Gilded Age, but her book bogs down in exhaustively researched details about a parade of glittering Astors and their retinue. 16 pages of b&w photos not seen by PW. (June 27)
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14 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Scarlett before Scarlett
2008/1/17
形式:ペーパーバック
I could not put this book down. That's something to say for a biography--or dual biography, actually. I was astonished at the ease with which Ms. Lucey spun off on side stories of interesting relatives or events without ever losing the train of the main story. Her depth of research, all well documented, is mind-boggling. Even the acknowledgements, where she tells about her interviews and the serendipitous discovery of an old trunk full of letters, was intriguing. Archie and Amelie were fascinating, larger-than-life people living in a larger-than-life age and circumstance. It's no small feat to present such a grand coming together and coming undone against an equally complex and theatrical backdrop. I couldn't help wondering if Margaret Mitchell knew of Amelie's story (which was well covered in newspapers at the time) and fashioned Scarlett after this bewitching woman since Scarlett's personality was dead on. It's one thing to read of such a fictional character, quite another to know the subject was a real person. All in all, a terrific read. Highly recommended.
11 人中、10人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Interesting Life and Times, but....
2008/3/4
形式:Kindle版
I read the Kindle version of this book. The Kindle edition was fine---I had no problems, you could even view the pictures. The book itself was interesting but I did have some reservations. The summary of the book talks about a volatile relationship with drugs, wealth, and scandal. That would grab anyone! However, I found that most of that was just talk. Yes, those elements were present in the book and their lives. However, the book just falls short of truly engaging you in that scandal. The window that you are looking through into their lives is clouded because who they are is stated, but you never really get a true grasp of who that person truly was or what the real issues were. The drugs and illicit activities are hinted at but never really delved into. You do feel for Archie and Amelie but you come away from the book not with satisfaction of having read a good book, but with questions and not feeling like it was really ended. For all of the inuendo in the description, the book falls flat in comparison.
6 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Interesting story
2007/9/17
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
This is a book about real people that lived in the mid to late 1880s into the 1900's. ARchie is from the wealthy Astor family with tons of money and marries a woman from the south that has respect but no money since the civil war ruined them. She is a writer of "scandalous books" for that time. She is very exotic and Archie is obsessed with her. She dumps him and marries a Russian prince that has no money and Archie continues to support her and her family. His family turns on him and he actually serves 4 years in a rich person's nut house. It gives you a real taste of how "those people" lived during that time period. I love reading books about real people in the past, especially those that were really rich. A nice love story but kind of sad too.
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