Being Elizabeth
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品牌: Barbara Taylor Bradford
基本信息·出版社：Harper Collins Omes
·页码：400 页
·出版日期：2009年09月
·ISBN：0007305621
·International Standard Book Number：0007305621
·条形码：9780007305629
·EAN：9780007305629
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
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内容简介The number-one bestselling author delivers her most provocative, sizzling novel yet—a story of money, power, love, and betrayal that only Barbara Taylor Bradford could write.
At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It’s a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots that go far back in her family’s history, and she knows the price that many had to pay to see it reach the success it is today. And Elizabeth is the youngest executive in the company she now leads. Surrounded by rumors and disloyalty, she knows that there are many people who would give anything to take down the company—and her with it. With her enemies circling, she finds herself at a crossroad of choices involving her mind, her heart, and her destiny. As scandal surrounds the one man she’s ever loved, Elizabeth discovers how the next move she makes could have deadly and final consequences. Being Elizabeth is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her storytelling best.
“Rife with dastardly internecine struggles, smoldering illicit passion, and cowardly insidious betrayals…packs as much intrigue as any Shakespearean royal drama.”
---Booklist on The Heir
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Back Cover
The number-one bestselling author delivers her most provocative, sizzling novel yet—a story of money, power, love, and betrayal that only Barbara Taylor Bradford could deliver.
At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel Turner finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It’s a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots that go far back in her family’s history—and she knows the price that many had to pay to see it reach the success it is today.
BEING ELIZABETH
Elizabeth is the youngest executive in the company she now leads. Surrounded by rumors and disloyalty, she is aware that there are many people who would give anything to take down the company—and her with it. With her enemies circling, she finds herself at a crossroad of choices involving her mind, her heart, and her destiny. As scandal surrounds the one man she’s ever loved, Elizabeth discovers how the next move she makes could have deadly and final consequences…
“Rife with dastardly internecine struggles, smoldering illicit passion, and cowardly insidious betrayals…[the Deravenels] pack as much intrigue as any Shakespearean royal drama.”—Booklist
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
作者简介BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD was recently awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her literary achievement, and she is a member of the Writers Hall of Fame in America. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford. This is her twenty-fourth novel.
专业书评The new reigning queen of Deravenels, the UK’s largest global conglomerate, is Elizabeth Turner, a 25-year-old, auburn-haired beauty who regained control of her family’s multifaceted enterprise following the death of her half-sister, Mary. Ruthless in her grasp of power yet an ineffective manager, Mary nearly succeeded in bankrupting Deravenels, and it now falls to Elizabeth to staunch financial losses and bring the corporation into the twenty-first century. As with any ruling entity, however, Elizabeth has both loyalists who would do anything to protect her and schemers who will stop at nothing to destroy her. Another Mary is lurking on the horizon, a cousin who erroneously believes she is the true heir to the Deravenel fortune; but aided by a triumvirate of trusted allies, including her lover, Robert Dunley, Elizabeth may just be able to stave off another family coup. Milking the royal metaphor for all it’s worth, Bradford saturates her novel with the kind of intricate internecine plotting best suited to a Shakespearean drama. Despite the obsessive restating of characters’ identities, personal connections, and past misdeeds, however, it is imperative that readers have prior knowledge of the first two entries in Bradford’s Ravenscar trilogy to be able to appreciate the complexities of the final installment. --Carol Haggas --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
文摘Chapter One
She’s dead!"
Cecil Williams made this announcement from the entrance to the dining room at Ravenscar, the great Elizabethan house in Yorkshire. Then closing the door behind him, he walked across to the table in a few quick strides. It was 1996, and this news was momentous.
Against her own volition, Elizabeth Turner jumped up. "When?" she asked in a voice full of sudden tension, her eyes riveted on his face.
"This morning, very early. Just before dawn, to be exact."
There was a silence.
Elizabeth took tight control of a rush of emotion; even though this news had been long expected, deep down she had not believed she would ever hear those words. She took a moment to absorb them, then said, "There’s nothing much to say, is there, Cecil? Nothing at all, actually, and anyway, what would be the point? I’m not a hypocrite, I’m not going to pretend I mourn my sister’s death."
"Nor am I. I understand your feelings perfectly, Elizabeth." He put an arm around her shoulder, kissed her cheek, and drawing back, looked deeply into her luminous gray-black eyes. At once he noticed they were glistening with tears and knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that the tears were not for the deceased woman. They were, in fact, tears of genuine relief.
"It’s over, Elizabeth," he said, very softly. "Finally. Your torment is at an end, and you’re safe, secure. No one can tell you what to do, not ever again. You’re your own woman, and in control of your own destiny."
The tense expression on her pale face instantly lifted, and she exclaimed, "Yes, I am free. Free at last! Oh, Cecil, how wonderful that thought is! Yet, do you know, I can hardly grasp it." A quavery smile flickered around her mouth and was immediately gone, as if she was not quite convinced of her new status.
He smiled at her. "I believe it’s going to take a few days to sink in."
She looked at him intently, her eyes narrowing slightly.
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