Sisters of Fortune
Author | : Jehanne Wake |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2012-02-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781451607635 |
ISBN-13 | : 1451607636 |
Rating | : 4/5 (636 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sisters of Fortune written by Jehanne Wake and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.