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, " 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, "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, "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