Sisters of fortune :
America's Caton sisters at home and abroad /
Jehanne Wake.
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| Summary: | The first American heiresses took Britain by storm in 1816, two generations before the great late Victorian beauties. Marianne, Louisa, Emily and Bess Caton were descended from the first settlers in Maryland, and brought up in Baltimore by their grandfather Charles Carroll, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
2012.
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| Edition: | First Touchstone trade paperback edition. |
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| Notes: | Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2010. Includes reading group guide and interview with the author (9 pages following page 393). Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-377) and index. Physical description: xxiv, 393 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9781451607635 (pbk.) 1451607636 (pbk.) |
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