Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Polish
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A romantic mystery which begins when a philanthropist commits suicide for no apparent reason. The novel provides the reason through the eyes of three protagonists: the son who hated him, the divorced wife who remained his adviser, and an ambitious daughter who wants all the money.
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Everything to gain -- Mallory Keswick feels she is showered with blessings. But just as the family is making plans to go to London for Christmas, her husband, twin children and dog are murdered in an attempted carjacking. Depressed and contemplating suicide, Mal flees to London, where she slowly learns to accept her losses. Returning to the States, she turns the family's Connecticut weekend retreat into a successful business venture and eventually...
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Powieść przedstawiająca dalsze losy Emmy i zbudowanego przez nią imperium. Wiekowa już pani Harte sieć swoich domów towarowych przepisuje wnuczce Pauli, choć reszta rodziny czyni próby podstępnego zagarnięcia jak największej części majątku. Spadkobierczyni imperium w świecie wielkiej finansjery stara się ocalić marzenia i znaleźć miłość. Czy Pauli starczy determinacji i sił do walki o swoje szczęście? Czy jako wnuczka Emmy...
52) Forever Amber
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Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary and extraordinary...
59) Cavendon Hall
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Polish
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"Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, just as their ancestors did over the centuries. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children: Guy, the heir, who is studying at Cambridge; their younger son Miles, attending Eton; and their four daughters Diedre, Daphne, DeLacy and Dulcie, affectionately called the Four Dees by the staff. Walter Swann,...