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The Ravenscar Dynasty (Paperback)

by Barbara Taylor Bradford (Author)
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  • Paperback: 784 pages
  • Publisher: Harper; New edition edition (5 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007197624
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007197620
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,891 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford: 'The storyteller of substance.' The Times 'Queen of the genre.' Sunday Times 'Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world's best at spinning yarns.' Guardian


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The Ravenscar Dynasty, introducing the house of DeRavenel, launches Barbara Taylor Bradford's epic new series spanning a century. Ravenscar: A house, a legacy and a dynasty. On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the DeRavenel family's future changes for ever. When Cecily DeRavenel tells her 18-year-old son Edward of the death of his father, brother and cousins in a fire, a part of him dies as well. Edward is comforted by his cousin Neville Watkins, who is suspicious of the deaths. The two men vow to seek the truth, avenge the deaths and take control of the business empire usurped from Edward's great uncle sixty years before. And so begins an epic saga about an astonishing family, set in extraordinary times. Handsome, charismatic and a notorious womaniser, Edward battles his cousin, Henry Grant, for control of the family empire. Elizabeth Wyland, a young widow and a great beauty, stands by his side, and they are secretly married. She is power hungry, and ambitious. But Edward also has a mistress: Jane Shaw, a constant in his life. And as Elizabeth's jealousy damages their marriage, Edward's only solace is his work and Jane. Edward's position as the glamorous head of the DeRavenels is fatally rocked when betrayal comes from within. Soon, catastrophe threatens to destroy the family and the business!Power and money, passion and adultery, ambition and treachery -- all illuminate a dramatic saga set against the backdrop of the Edwardian Era and the Belle Epoque, just before the First World War.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Epic - One Of Bradford's Best, 27 April 2007
By Hallie Stewart "Hallie Stewart" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
The Ravenscar Dynasty is an outstanding new novel from one of my favorite authors, Barbara Taylor Bradford. Based loosely on the life of King Edward IV, this fictional story is moved forward to the 1900s. And instead of running a monarchy, Edward is attempting to run a family business empire.

Edward is a dashing young hero with boundless energy. His life is filled with young women, family conflict and business ambition. When he is not conquesting lovely widows, "Ned" is plotting revenge against a portion of his extended family who are responsible for the murder of his father and uncle.

There are few authors today who write good old fashioned family sagas. Thankfully, Barbara Taylor Bradford is still at it. The Ravenscar Dynasty is the promising new begining to what is being called a trilogy of books in this saga.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Read, 3 Dec 2006
By G. A. Evans (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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As ever the author has given us a book that you cannot put down. I found it a compelling read and am anxiously waiting for the next book in the trilogy. I have read most of BTB's books and have always found them to be a good read.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A Complete Letdown!, 9 Aug 2007
By Mrs. J. C. Black "Book daft" (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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If I could give this zero stars; I would!
I have been a big fan of Barbara Taylor Bradford since A Woman of Substance; no longer! I found this book boring from the first page; the prose was repetitive; going over ground already covered, the dialogue was unreal, I can't believe people actually spoke this way! There didn't seem to be any real plot & took an eternity to get to any real point; it was patchy & had no continuity. I found the characters increasingly hard to like & I felt depressed reading it; so much so, I gave up before the end! BTB must have written this in a day; it's so awful, she should be ashamed! I can safely say, I will NOT be following The Ravenscar Dynasty to it's conclusion!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Far from earlier brilliance!
"The Ravenscar Dynasty" is the first book in a saga about two families, the Deravenels and the Grants, and the struggle for power of the house of Deravenel. Read more
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