Danielle steel

1993 · 9780553700794-2025 — Random House Audio 1993. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Danielle Steel</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Random House Audio</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780553700794</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1993</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday memories take her back to New York in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year leaving Sarah shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to raise her spirits until she meets William Duke of Whitfield. In time despite her qualms William insists on giving up his distant right to the British throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife. On their honeymoon the newlyweds buy an old French chateau but not long after the war begins. William joins the allied forces leaving Sarah their first child an infant and their second child on the way in France. After the Nazi forces take over the chateau Sarah continues to survive the terror and deprivation of the Occupation unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is still alive.After the war as a gesture of goodwill the Whitfields start buying jewels offered for sale by impoverished war survivors. With Sarah's style and keen eye the collection becomes the prestigious Whitfield's jewelry store in Paris. Eventually their jewelry business expands to London and Rome as their family grows. Phillip their firstborn is stubborn and proud; Julian their second son is charming and generous and warm; Isabelle is rebellious and willful; and Xavier unusual and untamed is the final unexpected gift of their love. They each find their own way but will be drawn to the great house of gems their parents built. In Jewels Danielle Steel takes the reader through five eventful decades that include war passion international intrigue and the strength of family through it all.From the Hardcover edition.</p> Random House Audio hardcover