Jewels A Novel |
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Author:
| Steel, Danielle |
ISBN: | 978-0-440-21422-9 |
Publication Date: | May 1993 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Dell |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New Yorknbsp;nbsp;in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarahnbsp;nbsp;shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little tonbsp;nbsp;raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield.nbsp;nbsp;In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the Britishnbsp;nbsp;throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife. On their honeymoon, the...
More DescriptionOn Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New Yorknbsp;nbsp;in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarahnbsp;nbsp;shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little tonbsp;nbsp;raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield.nbsp;nbsp;In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the Britishnbsp;nbsp;throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife.
On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after,nbsp;nbsp;the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah,nbsp;nbsp;their first child, an infant, and their second child on the way,nbsp;nbsp;in France. After the Nazi forces take over the chateau, Sarahnbsp;nbsp;continues to survive the terror and deprivation of the Occupation,nbsp;nbsp;unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is stillnbsp;nbsp;alive.
After the war, as a gesture of goodwill, the Whitfields start buyingnbsp;nbsp;jewels offered for sale by impoverished war survivors. With Sarah's style andnbsp;nbsp;keen eye, the collection becomes the prestigious Whitfield'snbsp;nbsp;jewelry store in Paris. Eventually, their jewelry business expandsnbsp;nbsp;to London and Rome, as their family grows. Phillip, their firstborn,nbsp;nbsp;is stubborn and proud; Julian, their second son, is charming andnbsp;nbsp;generous and warm; Isabelle is rebellious and willful; and Xavier,nbsp;nbsp;unusual and untamed, is the final unexpected gift of their love. Theynbsp;nbsp;each find their own way, but will be drawn to the great house of gems theirnbsp;nbsp;parents built. In Jewels, Danielle Steel takes the reader throughnbsp;nbsp;five eventful decades that include war, passion, international intrigue,nbsp;nbsp;and the strength of family through it all.