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Legacy : a novel

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Hotel Vendome.This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women?a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.?LEGACY?At the age of thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she loves, and a book she?s writing that she will finish?someday.?Someday?is Brigitte?s watchword. Someday she and Ted will clarify their relationship. Someday?she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston, Brigitte?s life is jolted and everything she has counted on changes. As she struggles to plot a new course, Brigitte agrees to help her mother on a family genealogy project and makes a stunning discovery that reaches back to the French aristocracy. How did Brigitte?s mysterious ancestor Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux, travel from the Great Plains to the French court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? How did she come to marry into Brigitte?s family? What is the truth behind the tantalizing clues in the fragmented, centuries-old records? Traveling from South Dakota to Paris, following the threads of Wachiwi?s life, Brigitte finds herself in the forefront of her own story. With a powerful family legacy coming to life around her, someday is no longer in the future. Instead, in Danielle Steel?s mesmerizing novel, someday is now.

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  • "This compelling, centuries spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women, a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown"
  • "BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Hotel Vendome.This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women?a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.?LEGACY?At the age of thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she loves, and a book she?s writing that she will finish?someday.?Someday?is Brigitte?s watchword. Someday she and Ted will clarify their relationship. Someday?she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston, Brigitte?s life is jolted and everything she has counted on changes. As she struggles to plot a new course, Brigitte agrees to help her mother on a family genealogy project and makes a stunning discovery that reaches back to the French aristocracy. How did Brigitte?s mysterious ancestor Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux, travel from the Great Plains to the French court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? How did she come to marry into Brigitte?s family? What is the truth behind the tantalizing clues in the fragmented, centuries-old records? Traveling from South Dakota to Paris, following the threads of Wachiwi?s life, Brigitte finds herself in the forefront of her own story. With a powerful family legacy coming to life around her, someday is no longer in the future. Instead, in Danielle Steel?s mesmerizing novel, someday is now."@en
  • "Weaves together the stories of a modern-day writer assisting her mother with a family genealogy project and her ancestor, a daring young Sioux woman on an incredible journey to the French court in the eighteenth century."@en
  • "Weaves together the stories of Brigitte Nicholson, a modern-day writer assisting her mother with a family genealogy project, and Brigitte's ancestor Wachiwi, a daring young Sioux woman on an incredible journey to the French court in the eighteenth century."@en
  • "Weaves together the stories of Brigitte Nicholson, a modern-day writer assisting her mother with a family genealogy project, and Brigitte's ancestor Wachiwi, a daring young Sioux woman on an incredible journey to the French court in the eighteenth century."
  • "A tale of love, courage and family, interweaving the lives of two extraordinary women - a writer working in the heart of modern academia, and a daring young Sioux on an unforgettable journey in the eighteenth century. (Buchdeckel verso)."
  • "This compelling, centuries spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women, a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown."@en
  • "This compelling, centuries spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women, a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown."
  • "Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative? Brigitte's quest to learn the story of the Marquise de Margerac (née Wachiwi) takes her from Salt Lake City to Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually to Paris, where she meets Marc Henri, a fetching Sorbonne literature professor."@en
  • "Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative? Brigitte's quest to learn the story of the Marquise de Margerac (née Wachiwi) takes her from Salt Lake City to Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually to Paris, where she meets Marc Henri, a fetching Sorbonne literature professor."
  • "This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women-a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown. At the age of thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she loves, and a book on the women's suffrage movement that she will finish-someday. Someday is Brigitte's watchword. Someday she and Ted, a rising star in the field of archaeology, will clarify their relationship. Someday she will have children. Someday she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston, Brigitte's life is jolted. Suddenly everything she counted on has changed and she finds herself questioning every choice she has made along the way."
  • "Poruszająca opowieść o przygodzie i miłości łącząca losy dwóch odważnych kobiet - od amerykańskich prerii przez arystokratyczne salony rewolucyjnej Francji po sale wykładowe współczesnego Bostonu W ciągu jednego dnia Brigitte Nicholson traci wszystko, co kochała: narzeczonego i stanowisko na uniwersytecie. Żeby zapomnieć o upokorzeniu i goryczy, Brigitte zgadza się pomóc matce w odtworzeniu rodzinnego drzewa genealogicznego. Wertując stare dokumenty, odkrywa zdumiewającą historię przeszłości swojej rodziny. I zdumiewającej kobiety, która w XVIII wieku przebyła niezwykłą drogę od Wielkich Równin Ameryki po zamek w Bretanii i ramiona francuskiego arystokraty. Jej tajemnica prowadzi Brigitte do Paryża - na spotkanie z własnym dziedzictwem, z historią uczucia silniejszego niż uprzedzenia, na spotkanie z miłością."
  • ""En menos de una semana, Brigitte Nicholson se queda sin novio,sin trabajo y sin ganas de seguir con el libro que esta escribiendo.Angustiada ante un futuro incierto, se traslada a Nueva York paraestar con su madre y accede a ayudarla en la reconstruccion dela genealógica familiar. Entonces Brigitte descubrira que por susvenas corre sangre india, ya que es descendiente de la marquesa deMargerac, cuyo nombre era Wachiwi, y que yace enterrada en laBretaña.Cuando viaja hasta París para seguir investigando, Brigitte conocea un apuesto profesor de la Sorbona que la ayudara a descifrar comouna princesa sioux acabo cruzando el Atlantico, en pleno siglo xviii, dela mano de un noble frances que la introdujo en la corte de Luis XVIy María Antonieta. Con El legado, Danielle Steel nos ofrece dos historias de amorunidas por un legado familiar: la valentía y el coraje paraarriesgarse a abandonarlo todo con tal de vivir el amor verdadero"--"
  • ""En menos de una semana, Brigitte Nicholson se queda sin novio, sin trabajo y sin ganas de seguir con el libro que esta escribiendo. Angustiada ante un futuro incierto, se traslada a Nueva York paraestar con su madre y accede a ayudarla en la reconstruccion dela genealógica familiar. Entonces Brigitte descubrira que por susvenas corre sangre india, ya que es descendiente de la marquesa de Margerac, cuyo nombre era Wachiwi, y que yace enterrada en la Bretanña.Cuando viaja hasta París para seguir investigando, Brigitte conocea un apuesto profesor de la Sorbona que la ayudara a descifrar comouna princesa sioux acabo cruzando el Atlantico, en pleno siglo xviii, dela mano de un noble frances que la introdujo en la corte de Luis XVI y María Antonieta. Con El legado, Danielle Steel nos ofrece dos historias de amorunidas por un legado familiar: la valentía y el coraje paraarriesgarse a abandonarlo todo con tal de vivir el amor verdadero"--"
  • "Een Amerikaanse antropologe ontdekt na genealogisch onderzoek in South Dakota en Frankrijk de levensgeschiedenis van een van haar voorouders, een Sioux indiaanse die in de 18e eeuw in Bretagne terecht is gekomen."
  • "This centuries-spanning novel interweaves the lives of two women: a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is a story of courage in the face of the unknown."
  • "Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative? Brigitte's quest to learn the story of the Marquise de Margerac (ne Wachiwi) takes her from Salt Lake City to Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually to Paris, where she meets Marc Henri, a fetching Sorbonne literature professor."
  • "Working at Boston University, Brigitte Nicholson lives a steady and comfortable life - she never takes risks. But then she loses her archaeologist boyfriend, and her university admissions office job in the span of two days. Her cautious lifestyle is set to change when she agrees to help her mother in researching a family history project. Brigitte discovers a mystery in their family's past: a Dakota Sioux princess had been buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative. Brigitte's quest to learn the story of this spirited and courageous relative, the Marquise de Margerac (nee Wachiwi) takes her to France, where she uncovers the mystery of Wachiwi's existence. As Brigitte's fascination becomes her obsession, her safe, secure existence changes into an exciting adventure."

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  • "Popular literature"
  • "History"@tr
  • "History"
  • "Materiales en español"
  • "History"@en
  • "Romance"@en
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Spanish language materials"
  • "Historie miłosne amerykańskie"@pl
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Fiction"@tr
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Roman historique"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Roman américain"

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  • "The legacy"
  • "Arven : roman"@da
  • "Dědictví krve"
  • "En héritage : roman"
  • "Zov predkov"
  • "Miras"@tr
  • "Hē klēronomia : mythistorēma"
  • "Erfenis"
  • "Arven"
  • "Arven"@da
  • "Sự huyền diệu của tình yêu"
  • "Nasledstvo"
  • "Zaveštanje"
  • "Legacy : a novel"@en
  • "Legacy : a novel"
  • "Legacy (Large Print)"
  • "Legacy a novel"@en
  • "Legacy a novel"
  • "Legacy"@en
  • "Legacy"
  • "Legacy A Novel"@en
  • "Sự huyên diệu của tình yêu"
  • "Зов предков"
  • "Su huyen dieu cua tinh yeu"
  • "El legado"@es
  • "El legado"
  • "Örökség"
  • "Örökség"@hu
  • "Dziedzictwo"
  • "Dziedzictwo"@pl
  • "En héritage"

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