Sisters of Fortune
Subtitle: America's Caton sisters at home and abroad
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781451607611
Table of contents: title: Maps.; title: The sisters' North America; title: Maryland; title: The Carroll Family Tree; title: Prologue; title: Part 1 : North America 1770-1816.; title: A Revolutionary heritage; title: Miss Carroll's choice; title: Plantation girls; title: French influences; title: Republican girls; title: The Patterson connection; title: Debutantes; title: In Washington City; title: The War of 1812; title: Emily's Canadian adventure; title: Family troubles; title: Mad about Europe; title: Part 2 : Familiar strangers 1816-24.; title: In London society; title: Anglo-American differences; title: "We are all for Americans very well"; title: Dancing in Paris; title: Louisa in love; title: Marianne and the Duke; title: Emily's return; title: Unfulfilled hopes; title: "Plunged in sorrow"; title: Afflicting circumstances; title: Part 3 : Anglo-American wives 1824-34.; title: Marianne's return; title: His delinquency; title: The lady lieutenant; title: Uncertain futures; title: Perplexing positions : Marianne; title: Perpelexing positions : Louisa; title: Petticoat politics; title: The Reform Bill; title: The last signer; title: A longed-for reunion; title: Part 4 : Heiresses 1834-74.; title: Lady speculators; title: Plantagenet; title: Well housed; title: "To be together"; title: "The desolate state of age"