The duchess : a novel
Set in nineteenth century England, an engrossing new novel from the incomparable Danielle Steel.
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Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Audiobooks. Sound recordings. |
- ISBN: 9781501949739
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Physical Description
sound disc
9 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition Unabridged.
- Publisher Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, 2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from web page. Compact discs. GMD: sound recording. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Gideon Emery. |
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Summary
The Duchess
An enthralling novel set in early 19th-century England, Paris, and New York, featuring an indomitable young heroine who rises from ruin to become the toast of Paris, by way of the chic bordello she establishes for the most powerful men in France. Turned out of her ancestral home by her vicious half-brother, the orphaned daughter of an English duke and a French noblewoman makes her way to Paris and takes in abused French streetwalkers, transforming them into sought after courtesans in the city's most exclusive bordello, Le Boudoir. is only the beginning of her return to the upper reaches of society and ultimate justice.