Legacy
A Novel
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4.1 • 158 Ratings
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- $8.99
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Publisher Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Hotel Vendome.
This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women—a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.
LEGACY
At the age of thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she loves, and a book she’s writing that she will finish—someday. Someday is Brigitte’s watchword. Someday she and Ted will clarify their relationship. Someday she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston, Brigitte’s life is jolted and everything she has counted on changes. As she struggles to plot a new course, Brigitte agrees to help her mother on a family genealogy project and makes a stunning discovery that reaches back to the French aristocracy. How did Brigitte’s mysterious ancestor Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux, travel from the Great Plains to the French court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? How did she come to marry into Brigitte’s family? What is the truth behind the tantalizing clues in the fragmented, centuries-old records? Traveling from South Dakota to Paris, following the threads of Wachiwi’s life, Brigitte finds herself in the forefront of her own story. With a powerful family legacy coming to life around her, someday is no longer in the future. Instead, in Danielle Steel’s mesmerizing novel, someday is now.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Steel (Big Girl) rebounds from a string of less than stellar books with this inspiring story about a frustrated woman who rediscovers her passion for life during a genealogical quest. After Brigitte Nicholson loses her archeologist boyfriend and her university admissions office job in the span of two days, she agrees to help her mother do some research for a family history project. Brigitte becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative? Brigitte's quest to learn the story of the Marquise de Margerac (n e Wachiwi) takes her from Salt Lake City to Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually to Paris, where she meets Marc Henri, a fetching Sorbonne literature professor. Steel splices in passages from Wachiwi's life abduction by a Crow war party, traveling to France, surviving the French Revolution to create a doubly absorbing romantic adventure.
Customer Reviews
Legacy
Charming...romantic...sweet! I can envision the movie version and hope it comes to be! Unknown to Danielle Steel...I am her biggest fan.....have read every novel written by her....and, without giving away any of MY secrets, we have much in common. If I had a "bucket list", it would have to begin with a wish for a conversation with her!
During the 1930s, my parents lived with the Sioux on a reservation In the Dakotas. My father, a missionary at the time, was dedicated to spreading the word of God to the tribe. Sadly, in time, he chose a different path....left the ministry, his family, and damaged more souls than he helped to save. Oh, what stories I could tell!
Perhaps I have been inspired.....just like Bridgette! Hmmmmmm!
Thank you, friend!
Legacy
This was one of my favorite books by Ms Steele. It reminded me of her book The Ghost. I like history/mystery story lines. Highly recommend if you like more depth with romance!
Mrs.
Great book. Fun to read and exciting story of a women's family history. Together with present day romance drama and the family past history love story. I Loved reading it.