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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN-10
- 1451607636
- EAN
- 9781451607635
- ISBN
- 9781451607635
- Publication Name
- Sisters of Fortune
- Title
- Sisters of Fortune
- Subtitle
- America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad
- Release Date
- 02/28/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
1451607636
ISBN-13
9781451607635
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109070721
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sisters of Fortune : America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Women, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), United States / 19th Century, Property, Customs & Traditions, Siblings
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Law, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
“ Sisters of Fortune is a fabulous parade through the best drawing rooms of 19th Century Europe. Rich, beautiful, and utterly fascinating, the Caton sisters deserve to be celebrated just like the Langhornes and the Mitfords.� --Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana, "In Wake's hands, the sisters still dazzle, blending continental influences with their enviable but heartbreaking adventures in England and France." -- Publishers Weekly, "I found Sisters of Fortune absolutely fascinating . . . I could not have enjoyed it more. I envy the people who have still to read it." Julian Fellowes, "The voice of each sister shines through. . . . Catnip for those who appreciate thorough research . . . If Masterpiece Theater or HBO has not grabbed this property, they should do so." The Washington Times, "A fascinating tale . . . [Wake] succeeds in tracing 'the filmy threads of women's influence' in high society on both sides of the Atlantic through more than six decades, using the Caton sisters' lives as touchstones.. . . [A] comprehensive account of four strong-willed sisters' adventures in 'another world' they confidently made their own." New York Times Book Review, "A true story worthy of Henry James, Jehanne Wake's Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad (Touchstone) follows the divergent fates of four strong-willed heiresses who, in the early nineteenth century, took European hearts by storm." --vogue.com, "An extraordinary tale of four wealthy, clever women who were ahead of their time. . . . A groundbreaking, feminist biography." - The Daily Beast, "I found Sisters of Fortune absolutely fascinating . . . I could not have enjoyed it more. I envy the people who have still to read it." - Julian Fellowes, " Sisters of Fortune is a fabulous parade through the best drawing rooms of 19th Century Europe. Rich, beautiful, and utterly fascinating, the Caton sisters deserve to be celebrated just like the Langhornes and the Mitfords." --Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana, " Sisters of Fortune ... is a stylish piece of scholarship that revivifies the nineteenth-century blue-blooded world of the Maryland-born Caton siblings ... illuminating these educated, well-traveled women's flair for diplomacy, finance, fashion, and intriguing courtships." -- Elle, "A meticulously researched, highly readable narrative ... This fascinating book yields rich insights into a world where wealth gave certain women unprecedented access to power and influence." -- Library Journal, " Sisters of Fortune ... is a stylish piece of scholarship that revivifies the nineteenth-century blue-blooded world of the Maryland-born Caton siblings ... illuminating these educated, well-traveled women's flair for diplomacy, finance, fashion, and intriguing courtships." -- Elle, "The story of the Caton sisters sounds like the plot of an Edwardian novel by Henry James or Edith Wharton ... remarkable ... fascinating ... a rare pleasure." --Frances Wilson, The Sunday Times, "A fascinating tale . . . [Wake] succeeds in tracing 'the filmy threads of women's influence' in high society on both sides of the Atlantic through more than six decades, using the Caton sisters' lives as touchstones.. . . [A] comprehensive account of four strong-willed sisters' adventures in 'another world' they confidently made their own." - New York Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal
941.0810922
Synopsis
Perfect for fans of the Emmy Award-winning series Downton Abbey , whose creator, Julian Fellowes, raved that Sisters of Fortune is "absolutely fascinating"--a real-life Jane Austen story, that follows the fabulous Caton sisters, the first American heiresses to take Europe by storm. Based on intimate and previously unpublished letters written by the sisters, this is a portrait of four lively and fashionable women in early nineteenth century America. Much of it is told in their own voices as they gossip about prominent people of their time, advise family members on political and financial strategy, soothe each other's sorrows, and rejoice in each other's triumphs. Descended from one of the nation's founding fathers and raised to be educated, independent, and opinionated young women, Marianne, Bess, Louisa, and Emily Caton traveled to England in 1816 and won coveted places at the highest levels of Regency society by virtue of their charm, intelligence, and great beauty. An unusual, remarkable true story of money, love, and life at the top, Sisters of Fortune is a romantic family history and an inside look at the adventures of America's original blue-blooded girls.
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