The Duchess The Duchess

The Duchess

A Novel

    • 4.4 • 455 Ratings
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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incomparable Danielle Steel breaks new ground as she takes us to nineteenth-century England, where a high-born young woman is forced out into the world—and begins a journey of survival, sensuality, and long-sought justice.

Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. At eighteen she is her father’s closest, most trusted child, schooled in managing their grand estate. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. To survive, she will need all her resources—and one bold stroke of fortune.

Unable to secure employment without references or connections, Angélique desperately makes her way to Paris, where she rescues a young woman fleeing an abusive madam—and suddenly sees a possibility: Open an elegant house of pleasure that will protect its women and serve only the best clients. With her upper-class breeding, her impeccable style, and her father’s bequest, Angélique creates Le Boudoir, soon a sensational establishment where powerful men, secret desires, and beautiful, sophisticated women come together. But living on the edge of scandal, can she ever make a life of her own—or regain her rightful place in the world?

From England to Paris to New York, Danielle Steel captures an age of upheaval and the struggles of women in a male-ruled society—and paints a captivating portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit, who in houses great or humble is every ounce a duchess.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
June 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
3.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Kaurelio20 ,

The Duchess

Absolutely one of my favorites! I loved the historical significance. Lots of unusual plot twists. I highly recommend this book.

Knw9585 ,

Best Book

Best Book I’ve Read In A Long Time

l.ex ,

Overrated

This is the first book by danielle steel i have read, and if any of her other books are like this, she is a highly overrated author. The story was poorly crafted, and she was unable to create characters with any real emotion that i could bring myself to care about. She constantly wrote of how mean one character was, but never had said character do anything to make the claim have substance. Entire chapters could have been cut and the story would have read the same. Sentences are not worded well or concise, and it was difficult to enjoy any of the story as the storyline was also predictable. Quite a disappointment.

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