Condition: Very Good. A more than acceptable reading copy. :: Further Information: (Originally £6.99)566pp. ::

Elizabeth Laurence is astoundingly beautiful. So beautiful she has never known what it is to have even a plain day. Used to the admiration of all, it seems that she will always be in charge of her own destiny. A star from the first minute she appears on celluloid, her future is certain, until she is cast opposite Jerome Didier in a hit play. As staggeringly handsome as she is beautiful, and tipped to become the leading actor of his generation ,Herome would appear to be made of Elizabeth.But Jerome has fallen in love with the tousle-haired an d carefree Pippa Nicholls, who is neither conventionally beautiful nor an actress and, much to Elizabeth's fury, he marries her. They are set to live happily ever after - until the playwright Oscar Greene creates a part for Elizabet which she intuitively recognises is based on the character of Pippa, and Jerome is tragically deceived by the duplicity of his art.

Meredith Browne came up the hard way, starting at the bottom as a child actress. Max Kssov, on the other hand, has always had everything. Despite their different backgrounds the two are very alike, and a mutual attraction deepens into a passionate love affair. But Max betrays Meridth, a vicious betrayal that leaves her humiliated and determined to rise to even greater heights than he - if only exact retribution...

Portia and Emily meet to launch their daughters on an unsuspecting Society for the London Season of 1913. Both are determined that their offspring, Phyllis and Edith, will catch the eye of their friend May's son, a future Duke. If that were all, the Season would be a relatively simple affair, but since Portia is recently widowed and Emily is a way from her husband, life is bound to get more interesting.Meanwhile, their arch-enemy Daisy Lanford, fallen on hard times due to extravagance and too many lovers, is busy launching American heiresses. However, her protegee, Sarah Hartley Lambert, whilst an engaging girl, is not the wild success Daisy had hoped she would be. This is largely due to the machinations of Phyllis, who, having formed an unholy alliance with Edith, is intent on spoiling the American girl's chances.As always, the Season is fraught with dangers for both the young and the middle-aged, while the old observe, miracle if all three girls find husbands before the end of the Season, and their mothers, not to mention Daisy Lanford, renewed happiness.

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Inbunden. 165 sidor. Tryckår: 1966. Bokhöjd: 22 cm.

Livro em bom estado, 173 pgs., 300 grs.

Wahlströms 1975 Inbunden med skyddomslag. 256 sidor.

Condition: Good. :: Further Information: Ever since she could remember Rose had always brushed her hair one hundred times, as her mother had taught her. ::