Legacy : a novel / Danielle Steel.
By: Steel, Danielle.
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BookPublisher: New York : Delacorte Press, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: 326 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780385343138; 0385343132.Subject(s): Genealogy -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | Indians of North America -- South Dakota -- Fiction | Indian women -- Fiction | France -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th century -- FictionDDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: 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.Summary: 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 (ně 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.
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 (ně 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.
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