![]() ![]() ![]() I did end up buying this book for my Kindle when Amazon offered me a deal, but I’m not sure I’d buy it at full price. The book is fine if you know very little about the Roosevelts and just want a turn-of-the-century novel. I don’t think the story portrayed Alice’s political astuteness very well at all. She’s kind of boring and vapid in parts, when in real life she was anything but that. However, at times I don’t think Alice’s true spirit was captured. Alice Roosevelt led a very interesting life and I don’t think anyone could screw that up. ![]() ![]() That being said, the story of American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt is very good I’d give it 3 1/2 stars. I’ve read about 60 books on the Roosevelts, so I’m a little picky about details. I know American Princess is a work of fiction and some liberties can be taken as expected, but when you can’t even get the quotes right, you have to wonder just how fast and loose the author used the facts. Other famous Roosevelt quotes from FDR and Eleanor were also used and often misquoted and attributed to other Roosevelts than the one that said the quote. ![]()
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