Biography:

Writer; socialite. Born– August 23, 1863, Richmond, Va. Parents– Alfred Landon and Sarah (Macmurdo) Rives. Goddaughter of Robert E. Lee. Moved to Mobile in 1870. Married– John Armstrong Chanler, June 14, 1888; divorced, 1895. Married– Prince Pierre Troubetzoy, February 18, 1896. Pursued a scandalous lifestyle that is reflected in her very successful novels. Suffered from rheumatic fever and treatment caused drug addiction; recovered from the addiction and used the experience for the basis of one book. One of the first American authors influenced by advances in psychiatry. Died June 15, 1945.

Source:

Notable American Women, Women’s Who’s Who in America, 1914-1915; and Current Biography, 1945.

Publication(s):

According to St. John. New York; J.W. Lovell Co., 1891.

As the Wind Blew. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920.

Athelwold. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1893.

Augustine the Man. New York; John Lane, 1906.

Barbara Dering. Philadelphia; J.B. Lippincott, 1893.

A Brother to Dragons. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1888.

Damsel Errant. Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1898.

The Elusive Lady. London; Hurst & Blackett, 1918.

Firedamp. New York; F.A. Stokes, 1930.

Ghost Garden.  Toronto:  S.B.Gundy, 1918.

The Golden Rose. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1908.

Herod and Marianne. Philadelphia; J. B. Lipppincott, 1888.

Hidden House. Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1912.

Meriel.  London:  Chatto and Windas, 1898.

Pan’s Mountain. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1910.

The Queerness of Celia. New York; F. A. Stokes, 1926.

The Quick or the Dead? Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1888.

The Sea Woman’s Clock, and November Eve. Cincinnati; Stewart Kidd Co. 1923.

Sele’ne. New York:  Harper and Brothers, 1905.

Shadows of Flames. New York; F. A. Stokes, 1915.

Tanis, the Sang Digger. New York; Town Topic Pub. Co., 1893.

Trix and Over-the-Moon. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1909.

Virginia of Virginia. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1888.

Witness of the Sun.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888.

World’s End. New York; F. A. Stokes, 1914.

Song Lyrics;

My Laddie. New York; G. Schirmer, 1906.

Papers;

The papers of Amelie Louise Rives Troubetskoy are held by the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.