a woman called fancy Author:frank yerby a world to conquer. a best selling novel of a hot blooded vixen and her many men...swashbuckling skill. Growing up in the impoverished carolina hill country, fancy williamson early learned the power of her ripening beauty. vowing to use that power of her ripening beauty. vowing to use that power to the fullest, she ran away to the bustling ci... more »ty of augusta in the heart of the georgia cotton kingdom. opportunities came swiftly for the lovely 19 year old girl. there was dukre ellis, a handsome satyr who clothed her in the finest gowns, the ripped them off her back...wyche weathers, with his exotic lessons in the arts of the flesh,,,jed hawkins, the cynical politician who became fancy's slave, the reckless aristocrat whom it was madness to love, torture and rsist... here, ranging from the plantations of the south to the glittering mansions of old new york, is frank yerby's bestselling novel of a passionate woman in a world of men.« less