Her Father's Daughter
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- Synopsis
- Her fathers Daughter is a brilliant, suspenseful, and worldly "insider" glimpse of the elite echelons of influence-brokering, and even more compelling a story than the author's bestselling The Twelve Apostles. At its center is Victoria Van Horn, a beautiful New York real estate developer and daughter of one of the wealthiest men in America, from whom she has been estranged for years as the result of a petty quarrel. When Hunter Van Horn is killed in the crash of his private jet during a blinding snowstorm over the Rockies, everyone assumes that control of his company and his seat on the Vault, the most elite and secretive group of New York City power brokers, will pass to his plodding son, Junior. But when his will is read, the world learns that Hunter has chosen Victoria as his true heir, and she is forced into taking over both the company and her father's seat on the Vault. It is then she discovers that she has fallen into a hornet's nest and that to save the company from either bankruptcy or an unfriendly takeover she must find out the identity of her father's enemies--those who first tried to destroy him and will stop at nothing to destroy her as well. Among those Victoria must confront are: Cecelia, Junior's scheming wife, who will do anything to secure a better position of wealth and social influence. Chilton Vance, Hunter's trusted executive V.P., who cunningly sets up Victoria to advance his own ambition. Congressman Barry Lytle, the representative of New York's silk-stocking district and 8605 a d( addict, wnu uj>_^ .. for >en; seat. Kri ;ighty-year-old multimillio re, owner of fleets of oil carriers, whose long-standing friendship with Hunter extends to bailing out his daughter. And Lucas Shaw, talented architect and youngest member of the Vault, whom Victoria hires to design her waterfront development and who shows her there is a side to life other than wheeling and dealing. Moving from Fifth Avenue mansions to sleazy warehouses on the Hudson River waterfront, from exclusive clubs to the Hong Kong hideaway of a reclusive Chinese, pulsing with high drama and corporate intrigue, this is above all a blockbuster novel about a woman's pride and passion--a woman who knows that she must prove after her father's death what she failed to prove in his lifetime: that she is, in all ways, her father's daughter.
- Copyright:
- 1986
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 317 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780399131288
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/06/03
- Copyrighted By:
- Putnam Publishers group
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- earl schwab
- Proofread By:
- Donna Goodin
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.