Person:Amelia Rives (1)

Name	Amélie Louise Rives
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	23 Aug 1863	Richmond City, Virginia, United States
Marriage	1888	to John Armstrong Chanler
Marriage	1896	to Pierre Troubetzkoy (add)
Divorce	1896	from John Armstrong Chanler
Occupation`^?`		Author
Death^[1]	15 Jun 1945
Burial^[1]		Cismont, Albemarle, Virginia, United StatesRives Troubetzkoy Cemetery

Notes

named after her aunt, Amélie, a goddaughter of French Queen Marie-Amélie
goddaughter of Robert E. Lee
granddaughter of engineer and Senator William Cabell Rives, Minister Plenipotentiary to France in the early part of the 19th century

A Brother to Dragons and Other Old-time Tales (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1888)
Virginia of Virginia (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1888)
Herod and Mariamne (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1888)
The Quick or the Dead? A Study (J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1888)
Witness of the Sun (J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1889)
According to St. John (John W. Lovell Co., New York, 1891)
Barbara Dering: A Sequel to The Quick or the Dead? (J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1893)
Tanis the Sang-Digger (Town Topics Publishing Co. New York, 1893)
Athelwold (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1893)
Meriel (Chatto & Windas, London, 1898)
Augustine the Man (John Lane Company, New York, 1906)
Seléné (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905)
A Damsel Errant (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1908)
The Golden Rose: The Romance of A Strange Soul (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1908)
Trix and Over-the-Moon (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1909)
Pan's Mountain (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1910)
Hidden House (J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1912)
World's End (Frederick A. Stokes & Co., New York, 1914)
Shadows of Flames (Hurst & Blackett, Ltd., London, 1915)
The Elusive Lady (Hurst & Blackett, Ltd., London)
The Ghost Garden (S. B. Gundy, Toronto, 1918)
As The Wind Blew (Frederick A. Stokes & Co., New York, 1920)
The Sea-Womans Cloak and November Eve (Stewart Kidd Co., Cincinnati, 1923)
The Queerness of Celia (Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1926)
Firedamp (Frederick A. Stokes & Co., New York, 1930)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 son, Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
includes sources, last accessed Jun 2025.

Princess Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (August 23, 1863 – June 15, 1945) was an American author of novels, poetry, and plays. The Quick or the Dead? (1888), her first novel, which sold 300,000 copies, created more of a sensation than any of her later work. Her 1914 novel, World's End was reputed to be "the best seller in New York City". Described as a genius who was morbidly sensitive, she was a woman of moods and fancies, but in manner, as simple as a child. ...