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The Dukes: A Novel

Malcolm Ross

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Description:Augustus Clarence Fitzstephen Wrottesley Veitch du Bois, Fourth Duke of St. Ormer, Marquis of Knightsbridge, etc. is an aristocrat with one tragedy: no direct heir. But diligent genealogical research produces the improbable miracle--Alfred Boyce, proper Victorian, ambitious tin box manufacturer, a middle-class, commonsensical young man who becomes, to his shock (and momentary horror), heir to the Dukedom of St. Ormer in his own right--Except that his Dukedom is near bankruptcy...he must marry and replenish the line...and a rival heir lies in wait to claim the Dukedom.The story of Alfred's education to his dizzying new position, his marriage, his love affair, his children and their adventures, takes the reader from early Victorian England to the end of the First World War, from the barbaric splendor of Imperial Russia to the horrors of the Crimean War, from the Court of St. James to the slums of East London, from the lush English countryside to the social revolution in the factories and workshops of London.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Dukes: A Novel. To get started finding The Dukes: A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Augustus Clarence Fitzstephen Wrottesley Veitch du Bois, Fourth Duke of St. Ormer, Marquis of Knightsbridge, etc. is an aristocrat with one tragedy: no direct heir. But diligent genealogical research produces the improbable miracle--Alfred Boyce, proper Victorian, ambitious tin box manufacturer, a middle-class, commonsensical young man who becomes, to his shock (and momentary horror), heir to the Dukedom of St. Ormer in his own right--Except that his Dukedom is near bankruptcy...he must marry and replenish the line...and a rival heir lies in wait to claim the Dukedom.The story of Alfred's education to his dizzying new position, his marriage, his love affair, his children and their adventures, takes the reader from early Victorian England to the end of the First World War, from the barbaric splendor of Imperial Russia to the horrors of the Crimean War, from the Court of St. James to the slums of East London, from the lush English countryside to the social revolution in the factories and workshops of London.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Dukes: A Novel. To get started finding The Dukes: A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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