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The Pride of the Peacock

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Victoria Holt demonstrates her mastery once again in her most exciting novel set in turn-of-the-century England where a young woman grows up in the shadow of the great estate - and privileged way of life - that was once her family's birthright. But a unique inheritance compels Jessica Clavering to marry the owner of a fabled opal mine and leads her to faraway Australia. There she will discover the mysteries - and evil - surrounding the greatest opal ever found. There she must confront the danger that lust for the stone has aroused even in her own husband - and there she must find love.

Language: English

Pages: 281

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Fawcett

Release: July 12, 1983

ISBN: 0449213528

ISBN 13: 9780449213520

The Pride of the Peacock

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Victoria Holt demonstrates her mastery once again in her most exciting novel set in turn-of-the-century England where a young woman grows up in the shadow of the great estate - and privileged way of life - that was once her family's birthright. But a unique inheritance compels Jessica Clavering to marry the owner of a fabled opal mine and leads her to faraway Australia. There she will discover the mysteries - and evil - surrounding the greatest opal ever found. There she must confront the danger that lust for the stone has aroused even in her own husband - and there she must find love.

Language: English

Pages: 281

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Fawcett

Release: July 12, 1983

ISBN: 0449213528

ISBN 13: 9780449213520

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