Princess Alice

James Brough gives us a sparkling account of the redoubtable daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, filled with candid details and entertaining anecdotes. Tracing her background, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, he has also furnished us with fascinating glimpses into the private life and character of one of the legendary families of America. As befitted the child of the Rough Rider who was dubbed a 'brilliant madman born a hundred years too soon," Alice's flouting of convention began early. At 18, she captured the heart of the nation and went on to dominate Washington society - first as the…