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This splendid earth

Victor J. Banis

1978439 pagesabout 7–10 hours
1978
first published
  • 1978St. Martin's Press · 439 pages · ENGISBN 9780312800635
  • 1978New English Library · 444 pages · ENGISBN 9780450040399
  • 1978Fawcett Crest · 445 pagesISBN 9780449238356
  • 2012Wildside Press, LLC · ENGISBN 9781322234953
  • 2007Wildside Press · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9781434481641

It's 1830 Paris, and Jean (Baron de Brussac) has just wed the pretty, but young and rebellious Anne de Grenville. Even at her own wedding dance, she is unable to be neither faithful, nor adult-like. She sneaks off for a rendezvous with her handsome guardsman, which was most displeasing for a new and viral husband. This historical romance, spanning 3 generations, travels from the wineries of the French countryside, across the big pool to the American South West coastline, and the wine country of California.

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