Four well-connected, educated American sisters - Catholic no less - take Regency London by storm in 1816. The Duke of Wellington falls in love with Marrianne, and the rest of society is equally charmed by these ladies who are anything but the savages British still like to believe Americans to be during the Regency period. Drawing directly from the sisters' letters and other primary sources, Wake has put together a biography that reads like a novel, that is also a study of Anglo-American relations, women's independence, Regency stock markets, and more. Touchstone, 2010. Hb, Dj. NEW. $25.00