Princess Louise (ePub)

Jehanne has always loved history and biography, even her Norman French name has a strong historical connotation as Joan of Arc was originally spelt Jehanne d'Arc. She had an international upbringing as her father was a diplomat and oil executive.After reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University she became one of the first generation of female graduate investment bankers in the City of London.Transferring to New York she was soon in thrall to America and its history. Ear surgery forced her return to London where she worked as an historical researcher—libraries generally being silent places.She was then commissioned to write her first book, Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's Unconventional Daughter, a vivid and moving portrait of a remarkable royal.Following the success of this biography she was commissioned to write more books and corporate histories.Sisters of Fortune is the story of the Caton sisters, four American heiresses who crossed the Atlantic to London in the 19th Century. Kleinwort Benson, The History of Two Families in Banking—mirrors both the spectacular growth of English capital and its often turbulent side-effects.She has contributed to BBC television and radio programmes. Jehanne has appeared as a talking head on Reputations: Florence Nightingale and Reputations: Prince Albert.Jehanne Wake is an English author who lives in West London.

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