The Foxes of Harrow
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- Synopsis
- From the inside flaps STEPHEN FOX was a professional gambler and reckless adventurer; he arrived in New Orleans in 1825 with a ten-dollar gold piece, a pearl stick-pin and a dream. He was tall, red-haired, with a face that brought visions of both pride and insolence, a man determined to make his fortune the fastest way possible. Within a week of his arrival, his eyes were opened to stakes larger than the gaming tables ever offered. The rich sugar plantations along the river, the grand elegance of their French owners, their richly-gowned ladies-all spurred him with envy and ambition. And before long, Stephen Fox saw his chance and took it, taking power from an indolent, slave-ridden, castebound people. He gambled and won, building Harrow, Louisiana's richest plantation. With brashness and daring he carved himself an empire, but he foolishly allowed it to become dominated by three handsome women who engulfed and! threatened to destroy Him..... Odalie, his aristocratic but remote wife; Aurore, his sister-in-law, hopelessly waiting to succeed her sister in his affections; Desiree, the voluptuous quadroon, suffering despair and social ostracism to be near him. A superb reconstruction of this passionate era, THE FOXES OF HARROW brings vividly to life the troubled, yet luxurious times of the pre-Civil War South, dramatically revealed in this stirring chronicle of an arrogant dynasty.
- Copyright:
- 1946
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 534 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 12/19/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Frank Yerby
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jim Baugh
- Proofread By:
- Sue Stevens
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.