Sisters of fortune Marianne, Bess, Louisa and Emily Caton 1788-1874
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Chatto & Windus
2010
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008391779708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XXII, 394 p., [16] p. de lám. : il, mapas ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780701173081 |
