by Stacy E. Holden | May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I saw two photos of Edith Wharton visiting the Bahia Palace of Marrakesh, adrenaline rushed through me. I am a historian, so I constantly seek out new documents that illuminate the past. In these black and white photos, Wharton was with her best friend and...
by Stacy E. Holden | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
I had wanted—in fact, deliberately outlined—a triumphant ending to my book tracing Edith Wharton’s trip to Morocco in 1917. As a grad student in the 1990s and early-2000s, I had lived in Morocco and France and traveled to Egypt, Tunisia, Mali and Mauritania. This...
by Stacy E. Holden | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week, I am living out a century-old prediction of Edith Wharton. In 1917, my Gilded Age doppelganger asserted that she was on “…a quick trip at a moment unique in the history of the country; the brief moment of transition between its virtually...
by Stacy E. Holden | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Riad Villa Blanche is a time capsule dating to the era when Edith Wharton visited Morocco. At that time, Morocco was a Protectorate of France, and Hubert Lyautey its Resident General. Lyautey’s reign ended in 1925, and Morocco has been independent since 1956....
by Stacy E. Holden | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
I sought adventure and some trace of my old recklessness. For two weeks, I had holed myself up in a hotel in Tangier. I had completed the writing of the first section of my book. Done. Other projects required attention, and my list of “should-s” was...
