The Duchess

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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 worldand begins a journey of survival, sensuality, and long-sought justice.

Anglique 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 fathers 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. Anglique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. To survive, she will need all her resourcesand one bold stroke of fortune.

Unable to secure employment without references or connections, Anglique desperately makes her way to Paris, where she rescues a young woman fleeing an abusive madamand 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 fathers bequest, Anglique 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 ownor 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 societyand paints a captivating portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit, who in houses great or humble is every ounce a duchess.

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Praise for Danielle Steel

Steel is one of the best!Los Angeles Times

Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.The Philadelphia Inquirer

Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!Publishers Weekly

What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.San Francisco Chronicle

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Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the worlds most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels in print. Her many international bestsellers include Against All Odds, Dangerous Games, The Mistress, The Award, Rushing Waters, Magic, The Apartment, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Trainas life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the childrens books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.