01842cam a2200313 4500 371992290 TxAuBib 20110805120000.0 060818s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006050979 9780312354602 0312354606 9780312354664 0312354665 WiMaMI TxAuBib Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933- The Ravenscar dynasty / Barbara Taylor Bradford. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007. viii, 484 p ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-484). On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the Deravenel family's future changes forever. When Cecily Deravenel tells her eighteen-year-old son, Edward, of the death of his father, brother, uncle, and cousin in a fire, a part of him dies as well. Edward and his cousin Neville Watkins are suspicious of the deaths. They vow to seek the truth, avenge the wrongdoings, and retake control of their family's business empire. As he grows into a handsome, charismatic man, Edward is torn between duty and desire. There are women in his life for whom he'll risk everything--and one woman who might destroy him. But madness and secrecy lie at the heart of the family, and Edward's enemies are far more ruthless than he knows. He will need his strength more than ever when the house of Deravenel is fatally rocked by betrayal from within. Who will become the ultimate ruler of the Deravenels? 20110805. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Family Fiction. England Fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction.