Alice of Old Vincennes
Alice of Old Vincennes, written by Maurice Thompson in 1900, is a novel set in Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War. Reception. The book was a popular best-seller. It was the tenth-highest best selling book in the United States in 1900, and the second best selling book in 1901 (bested only by "The Crisis"). It was listed as the best-selling book in the United States in six consecutive monthly issues of "The Bookman", from January through June 1901 (tied with "Eben Holden" for two of those months).