Allison Pataki
Autor/a de The Accidental Empress
Sobre l'autor
Allison Pataki grew up in upstate New York and attended Yale University, where she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in English. While at Yale, she received Distinction in the Major from the English department and served as a campus reporter and news anchor for the student-run campus mostra'n més television program, YTV News. The daughter of former New York State Governor George E. Pataki, Allison was inspired to write The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America, now a New York Times Bestseller, based on the rich Revolutionary War history of her hometown in New York State's Hudson Highlands. Allison spent several years writing for television and digital news outlets prior to transitioning to fiction. The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America is Allison's first novel and it made The New York Times bestseller list in 2014. In 2015, her novel The Accidental Empress became listed on The New York Times bestseller list as well. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1984
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Educació
- Yale University
- Relacions
- Pataki, George (father)
Pataki, Libby (mother) - Organitzacions
- reConnect Hungary (co-founder)
- Biografia breu
- Allison Pataki (born in 1984) is an American author and journalist.
Pataki was born in New York, and is the daughter of former New York State Governor and 2016 presidential candidate, George Pataki and his wife Libby (née Rowland). Allison attended Yale University, where she majored in English. She met her husband, David Levy, during her sophomore year at Yale, and they married in June 2012.
In 2015, Pataki co-founded reConnect Hungary, an educational and social immersion program for young adults of Hungarian heritage, who are born in the United States or Canada, to gain a better understanding of their Hungarian heritage
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Another fascinating Historical Fiction by Allison Pataki about a relatively unknown 19th century woman. She was an intelligent woman who was home schooled by her father. She was revered by some of the best known writers of their time, Emerson, Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The explores.in life from the age 26 through her untimely death at 40. She was a thinker and and a doer and if she lived her she would have been as well known as Susan B. Anthony.
The explores.in life from the age 26 through her untimely death at 40. She was a thinker and and a doer and if she lived her she would have been as well known as Susan B. Anthony.
I work as a librarian and not too long ago, while working on a project in the 19th-century literature section, I came across a very old set of books written by one Margaret Fuller. I felt the same kind of curiosity the author of this novel certainly felt, especially once one learns that Fuller was friendly with more well-known figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more. I also appreciated her life story, which involves plenty of professional struggles (particularly when one Bronson Alcott, father of Louisa May, forgot to pay her) and a late in life love story. Overall, I like this novel and I feel like I gained a greater understanding of 19th-century American literature from it.… (més)
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Margaret Fuller is a force to be reconned with. From her famous friends (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorne, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, a young Louisa May Alcott) to her commitment to writing (journalist, translator, editor, writer) to being a member of the transcendentalism movement and an advocate for women’s rights. To say she was remarkable is an understatement.
Heavily character driven at the beginning, I had a hard time getting into the beginning of this story. It was very slow with its flowery (1800 appropriate) speech and name dropping. Although revered by her famous friends, she seemed to be taken advantage of, mainly due to her being a woman. The story dragged for me until about 2/3 of the way in, then seemed to follow more of a story of her time overseas until her dramatic ending, which is hinted at in the first chapter. The writing is excellent and research top notch. Even though this wasn’t a hit for me, I enjoyed learning about this amazing women who was ahead of her time. I recommend Ms. Pataki’s earlier books, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post and Beauty in the Broken Places.
Thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for this ARC. This is my honest opinion.… (més)
Margaret Fuller is a force to be reconned with. From her famous friends (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorne, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, a young Louisa May Alcott) to her commitment to writing (journalist, translator, editor, writer) to being a member of the transcendentalism movement and an advocate for women’s rights. To say she was remarkable is an understatement.
Heavily character driven at the beginning, I had a hard time getting into the beginning of this story. It was very slow with its flowery (1800 appropriate) speech and name dropping. Although revered by her famous friends, she seemed to be taken advantage of, mainly due to her being a woman. The story dragged for me until about 2/3 of the way in, then seemed to follow more of a story of her time overseas until her dramatic ending, which is hinted at in the first chapter. The writing is excellent and research top notch. Even though this wasn’t a hit for me, I enjoyed learning about this amazing women who was ahead of her time. I recommend Ms. Pataki’s earlier books, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post and Beauty in the Broken Places.
Thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for this ARC. This is my honest opinion.… (més)
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- Obres
- 10
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 2,272
- Popularitat
- #11,297
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 215
- ISBN
- 77
- Llengües
- 7
- Preferit
- 5
The book started pretty slow. It took a while for me to get into the story and characters. I enjoyed reading about Fuller's time in Europe, however that was only a short part of the novel. I also enjoyed learning about famous novelists and how their lives were entwined. Overall,, 3 out of 5 stars.… (més)