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Family Fortune

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The time is the Civil War, and the house is Bel Chance, a great Southern mansion located in West Virginia, not yet a state. The Chance family is divided against itself: one brother is in the Confederate Army and two others take the Union side, although the eldest does not fight. Now their father has died, and, surprisingly, left half his estate to Lucinda, his daughter by a second marriage. But he appointed his eldest son, Jeff, her guardian until she became eighteen or married, and Jeff is determined that his half sister will not inherit...

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FictionHistoryInheritance and successionWest Virginia Civil War, 1861-1865Gothic romanceLarge type booksFiction in EnglishWest virginia, fictionFiction, romance, historical, generalFiction, thrillers, suspenseUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction

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Book Details

First Published

1976

Pages

331 pages

Rating

4.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

5

Publisher

LIPPINCOTT. PHILADELPHIA 1977

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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