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Amazon Sales Rank: 9842
Publication Date: 2008-08-19
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 0312354630
Type: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 416
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The number-one bestselling author delivers her most provocative, sizzling novel yet—a story of money, power, love, and betrayal that only Barbara Taylor Bradford could write. At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It’s a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots that go far back in her family’s history, and she knows the price that many had to pay to see it reach the success it is today. And Elizabeth is the youngest executive in the company she now leads. Surrounded by rumors and disloyalty, she knows that there are many people who would give anything to take down the company—and her with it. With her enemies circling, she finds herself at a crossroad of choices involving her mind, her heart, and her destiny. As scandal surrounds the one man she’s ever loved, Elizabeth discovers how the next move she makes could have deadly and final consequences. Being Elizabeth is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her storytelling best. “Rife with dastardly internecine struggles, smoldering illicit passion, and cowardly insidious betrayals…packs as much intrigue as any Shakespearean royal drama.” ---Booklist on The Heir
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Review: 2008-11-05
Being Elzabeth
Well I did not think this was one of her best. It left me feeling that it was not finished. It kind of ended rather abruptly, however it was a good read other than that
Review: 2008-10-17
There must be more to the story....
When twenty-five year old Elizabeth Deravenel Turner inherits the family business, it is the life for which she was groomed. Albeit one that has not come easily - her younger brother and older half-sister Mary had the honor first. They had to die before she could finally inherit.
We then see Elizabeth taking over the reins with her two close friends and advisors - the triumvirate, as one calls the trio - and then the author portrays the wealth and possessions through descriptions of the homes, jewelry and art collection, giving us a peek into that world of privilege.
But, of course, nothing comes that easily for Elizabeth. She has to stave off various attempts to take over the company by other relatives; she has to somehow find enough money to make up for the bad decisions of her predecessor Mary - hence the fabulous art and jewelry auctions that bring in millions.
We catch a glimpse of Elizabeth finally acknowledging to herself and to him that Robert, her childhood friend and business associate is the love of her life. When they give into their love for one another, they become fodder for the gossip columnists - for Robert has a wife stashed away. The wife and he have been estranged for years, so Robert sets about to legally disentangle himself from her.
Through alternating first person accounts, rendered by Elizabeth in between the third-person narrative that makes up most of the book, we occasionally see Elizabeth's inner thoughts and fears.
But despite the glitz and glamour and some of the difficulties encountered along the way, the reader doesn't get much of a clue as to who Elizabeth really is, deep down.
This was a disappointment to me - thus the deduction of one star - because the author's wonderful Emma Harte saga A Woman of Substance revealed the author's talent at describing the struggle, from childhood on. Perhaps the occasional flashbacks to childhood in this book were meant to do justice to the difficulties and struggles - there is much talk about Elizabeth's father's emotional abandonment in her early years - but I don't really feel the empathy that would normally come from such disclosures.
I didn't end up really caring that much about the characters in this book, Being Elizabeth,which left me feeling a sense of deprivation.
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Amazon List Price: $27.95
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