The Fortune

by Michael Korda

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Alexa, a beautiful young woman falls in love with an older man, Arthur Bannerman, head of America's richest family.

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old Bannerman man dies + leaves young girl - rights to "trust" - okay

Twenty-four-year-old Alexa Walden secretly married 64-year-old millionaire Arthur Bannerman. And after his death, Alexa finds herself tainted with scandal and pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New York rich, where she must fight the entire Bannerman dynasty for control of The Fortune.

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Michael Korda was born on October 8, 1933 in London, England. He was educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland and at Magdalen College, Oxford. While serving in the Royal Air Force, he took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. On its fiftieth anniversary, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Hungary. He is the former editor show more in chief of Simon & Schuster. He is also the author of numerous books including Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia, With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain, Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, and Cat People, co-authored with his wife Margaret. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
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813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3561 .O6566 .F6Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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