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The Foxes of Harrow
The Foxes of Harrow
Author: Frank Yerby
Set in New Orleans in the early 19th century, a young adventurer and gambler from Ireland wins a large plantation at cards and marries a local beauty, a daughter of one of the old Creole families. But can Odalie, his proud wife, keep his love?
ISBN: 228616
Publication Date: 1946
Pages: 405
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Publisher: Dial Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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A great plot by a classic southern author.
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"Daring & debonair Stephen Fox waw the master of Harrow, the richest plantation in the Old South. He had built it from nothing, & now he needed a woman. 3 Women loved him- each in her own way... Odalie, his beautiful wife, pearl of the South, loved him w/ all her heart but could not love him w/ her body. Desiree, his tempestuous mistress, gave him everything her vibrant body could provide - but her love brought death & decay.. Aurore, his wife's sister, loved Stephen from a distance, faithfullly, watchfully
Yerby's greatest novel of the glory & decadence of the Old South has sold more than 2,000,000 copies.


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