Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad - Hardcover

Wake, Jehanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 145160761X ISBN 13: 9781451607611

Publisher: Touchstone Books, 2011

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Based on intimate and previously unpublished letters written by the sisters, this is a portrait of four lively and fashionable women in early nineteenth century America.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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Sisters of Fortune Wake brings to life the Caton sisters, blue-blooded American heiresses who took British society by storm in the mid-19th century. Full description

Review:

""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"

"Enthralling ... This transatlantic celebration of sisterhood is a most gripping and fascinating tale, both scholarly and a page turner. Jehanne Wake handles a vast amount of material with confidence and even-handedness.""--"Anne Sebba, "The Literary Review"

"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 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

"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 picture of a transatlantic world where rich women could achieve extraordinary social power by sticking with their sisters and being shrewd with their money." --Jane Ridley, "Spectator UK"

""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"

"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 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"

"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""

About this edition

• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 145160761X
• ISBN 13: 9781451607611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 393