The Complete Ravenscar Trilogy: The Ravenscar Dynasty, Heirs of Ravenscar, Being Elizabeth
Packaged together for the first time, THE RAVENSCAR TRILOGY is one of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s best-loved series.Ravenscar: A house, a legacy and a dynasty…THE RAVENSCAR DYNASTY follows the fortunes of the Edward Deravenel and his family, as passions and power, ambition and treachery, love and loss combine in an epic tale of an extraordinary dynasty.In HEIRS OF RAVENSCAR, the First World War has drawn to a close, and troubles are looming for the Deravenel family. Blackmail, betrayal and jealously have caused problems from within and is it up to Edward’s daughter, Bess, to secure the Ravenscar inheritance – whatever it takes…In the last part of the trilogy, BEING ELIZABETH, the Deravenel fortune has come to rest on the shoulders of Elizabeth Deravenel Turner after years of familial strife. As the twentieth century draws to a close, Elizabeth must fight for her birthright and inheritance in a family still divided by conflicting loyalties and politics.
Читать The Complete Ravenscar Trilogy: The Ravenscar Dynasty, Heirs of Ravenscar, Being Elizabeth онлайн беплатно
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
The Ravenscar Trilogy
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
Harper
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 2012
Barbara Taylor Bradford asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks
HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication
Source ISBNs:
The Ravenscar Dynasty: 9780007279593 Heirs of Ravenscar: 9780007279524 Being Elizabeth: 9780007287185 Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780007514533 Version: 2017-06-13
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
The Ravenscar Dynasty
For my husband Robert Bradford, who has lived with these characters for over twenty-six years, and has never lost patience with them or with me. With my love.
Contents
Part Two
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Ravenscar
Part Three
Chapter Forty-Five: London—1907
Chapter Fifty-Five: Paris—1908
Chapter Fifty-Seven: London—1912
Chapter Fifty-Nine: Ravenscar—1914
Author’s Note
Bibliography
Powerful Allies
Edward & Neville
‘Princely to behold, of body mighty, strong and clean made.’
Sir Thomas More
‘Yet there was magnanimity in him, and if he is not quite a tragic protagonist, he is a memorable human being. He refused to admit that there were disadvantages he could not overcome and defeats from which he could not recover, and he had the courage, and vanity, to press his game to the end.’
Paul Murray Kendall
‘Their relationship, like their division of authority, was amiable and undefined.’
Paul Murray Kendall
Edward Deravenel galloped ahead at great speed, leaving his brothers behind, rapidly gaining the advantage. He urged his white stallion forward, oblivious to the icy weather, the lash of the wind on his face.
At one moment, half turning in the saddle, glancing behind him, Edward laughed out loud, his hilarity filling the air as he waved to his brothers: George, trying to catch up, his face grim in its determination…Richard, struggling even farther behind, yet laughing and waving back. But then he was the youngest, and much less competitive, the baby of the family and Edward’s particular favourite.
For a split second Edward considered slowing down and allowing Richard to win this race, which had come about so spontaneously a short while before, then instantly changed his mind.
George would inevitably contrive to finish first, by pushing Richard out of the way in his overriding desire to be the winner. Somehow he always managed to do this, whenever he had the opportunity, no matter what the circumstances. And this Edward could not permit. Not ever. He strived to make certain Richard was never humiliated, never diminished by George, who was older than Richard by three years.
