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The fascinating story of one of the grand dames of Georgetown
society and a true Washington insider
Henry Kissinger once remarked that more agreements were concluded
in the living room of Susan Mary Alsop than in the White House. A
descendent of Founding Father John Jay, Susan Mary was an American
aristocrat whose first marriage gave her full access to post-war
diplomatic social life in Paris. There, her circle of friends
included Winston Churchill, Isaiah Berlin, Evelyn Waugh, and
Christian Dior, among other luminaries, and she had a passionate
love affair with British ambassador Duff Cooper. During the golden
years of John F. Kennedy's presidency--after she had married the
powerful journalist Joe Alsop--her Washington home was a gathering
place for everyone of importance, including Katharine Graham,
Robert McNamara, and Henry Kissinger. Dubbed "the second lady of
Camelot," she hosted dinner parties that were the epitome of
political power and social arrival, bringing together the movers
and shakers not just of the United States, but of the world.
Featuring an introduction by Susan Mary Alsop's goddaughter Frances
FitzGerald, "American Lady" is a fascinating chronicle of a woman
who witnessed, as Nancy Mitford once said, "history on the boil."
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