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The Character We Won’t Forget: Alice Roosevelt-The Rebel Princess · Off the Page

Bruce Rule: Because Alice Roosevelt, for those of you who don't know, was sort of the princess Diana of her time. She was hugely famous. she had entered the White House at age eighteen. Or 17, she turned 18 as soon as she got in the White House. She's the oldest daughter of Teddy, and she's absolutely gorgeous. She's a beautiful, poised woman who is quick-witted, she's a bit rebellious. The press at the time even called her Princess Alice because that's that's how they treated her. And I wanted to capture that kind of character in the book because I wanted somebody who could stand up. Sort of toe-to-toe with Sherlock Holmes. Because Sherlock Holmes is so powerful and he's such a known character