The Pride of the Peacock
$35.65
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
7 January 2014
Summary
Only the strongest love can combat the dangers attached to this fabled opal stone.
A young woman uncovers her family’s dark secrets in this mystery and her connection to a famously cursed gemstone in this Victorian gothic thriller from an internationally bestselling author.
To secure her inheritance, Jessica Clavering agrees to a marriage of convenience, but will her handsome new husband’s desire for her ever surpass his obsession with a famously cursed opal? Raised in the sha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781402277467 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1402277466 |
| Author: | Victoria Holt |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks Casablanca |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 22mm x 127mm |
| Series: | Casablanca Classics |
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Critics Review
“A lovely historical romance.” - History and Other Thoughts
“A lovely historical romance.” - History and Other Thoughts
“The mysteries drew me in and kept me guessing right up to the end… ” - The Good, the Bad and Unread
“It was an enjoyable if not challenging or captivating read, with several gorgeous passages of descriptive prose and a character in Jessica that is cleanly voiced” - I Am Indeed
“The writing is very good, the descriptions wonderful, the characters well defined.” - BookLoons.com
“Victoria Holt was one of the very best authors out there… The story is character driven and at times emotional.” - Romancing the Book
About The Author
Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, better known to readers as Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, and Jean Plaidy, is one of the world’s most beloved and enduring authors. Her career spanned five decades and she continued to write historical fiction and romantic suspense until her death in 1993. She has sold more than 100 million books and has twenty-one international bestsellers.
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