Edition |
First Touchstone hardcover edition. |
Description |
xxii, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm |
Note |
"A Touchstone book" -- T.p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [364]-377) and index. |
Note |
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Chatto & Windus. |
Summary |
The first American heiresses took Britain by storm in 1816; 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. |
Subject |
Caton, Bess.
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Caton, Emily.
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Caton, Louisa.
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Caton, Marianne.
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Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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ISBN |
145160761X |
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9781451607611 |
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