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The Secret Woman.

by HOLT, VICTORIA:

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ISBN 10
0002217384
ISBN 13
9780002217385
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean colour pictorial dw/dj; with very minimal bumping/ creasing to head of spine/backstrip.Because of the fine state of this dw/dj,I would think that at some stage it was protected,borne out by the evidence of tiny,aged sellotape residue on both front and rear inner dw/dj flaps and feps.Fore-edges slightly aged and lightly spotted/foxed, whilst contents are bright,tight and clean.Sage green paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,318pp. When old Miss Brett died mysteriously in the ancient Queen's House her neice Anna,who inherited her antique business,was suspected of murdering her;but Chantel,the attractive nurse,befriended her and extracted her from a dangerous situation.From then on they were as sisters.Anna had already met the gay sea captain,Redvers Stretton, before his disgrace when he lost his ship off a Pacific Island in extraordinary and damning circumstances.The Captain was connected with the powerful Creditons,the rich shipping family, which had made the town prosperous and whose affairs were of interest to all.When he brought his sick but tempestuous wife to England,Chantel took a post as her nurse and,once installed in the castle,determined that Anna should share her adventures.These then took them to the other side of the world,to the tropical island which held the secret of the Captain's disgrace; and there among the semi-barbaric customs the truth concerning the Secret Woman comes to light.In the decaying and crumbling mansion,where parsimony is practised to a ridiculous degree, strange facts are revealed.The story is set against a background of the old Queen's House,cluttered with priceless antiques,the splendid but mock castle overlooking the harbour and the ships of the Lady Lines,and in the sinister house on the tropical island;and finally is divulged the mystery of the Secret Woman lying at the bottom of the sea,and of another whose true self has remained hidden until a set of exciting circumstances forces her to reveal herself.The more successful pseudonym of Jean Plaidy. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
The Secret Woman.
Author
HOLT, VICTORIA:
Format/Binding
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - VG+.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0002217384
ISBN 13
9780002217385
Publisher
LONDON.COLLINS,1971.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1971
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. ISBN 0002217384.Modern fiction.Books pseudonym_Jean Plaidy_Victoria Holt. Historical fictional romance fiction_ novel.Pseud_Eleanor Burford_Kathleen Kellow.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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