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The necklace, Claire McMillan

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This intoxicating novel set in the rarified world of money and society alternates between two generations of the Quincy family: the wealthy robber baron brothers who vied over a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and the young woman who inherits a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace and its secrets. Always the black sheep, Nell Quincy is summoned to her family's elegantly shabby manor after the death of her great aunt. During a chilly meeting over cocktails, the family reads the will that makes Nell the executor of the estate and leaves her one item: a fantastically valuable, beautiful necklace from India. While the rest of the family jewels have been stored in a bank vault, Nell finds this priceless, forgotten heirloom in a Crown Royal whiskey bag stashed in the back of a dresser. As predatory Quincys circle Nell and art experts begin to question the necklace's shadowy provenance, Nell turns to the only person she thinks she can trust--the attractive and ambitious estate lawyer who definitely is not part of the old money crowd. Ambrose Quincy brought the necklace home from India in the 1920s as a dramatic gift for May, the woman he intended to marry. However, upon his return he discovers that May has married his brother Ethan, the "good" Quincy, devoted to helping their father with the family mining empire. As a gesture of friendship, Ambrose gives May the necklace anyway--reigniting their passion and beginning a tense love triangle. When Ethan confronts the two lovers, the encounter ends tragically, entombing a secret in the past that Nell must uncover if she is ever to claim her true Quincy birthright. Alternating between the past and present, The Necklace is the elegant and compelling story of a star-crossed romance, long-simmering family resentments, and a young woman whose inheritance is much more than a legendary necklace
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Extent
302 pages
Isbn
9781501165047
Instance
Label
The necklace
Title
The necklace
Statement of responsibility
Claire McMillan
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This intoxicating novel set in the rarified world of money and society alternates between two generations of the Quincy family: the wealthy robber baron brothers who vied over a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and the young woman who inherits a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace and its secrets. Always the black sheep, Nell Quincy is summoned to her family's elegantly shabby manor after the death of her great aunt. During a chilly meeting over cocktails, the family reads the will that makes Nell the executor of the estate and leaves her one item: a fantastically valuable, beautiful necklace from India. While the rest of the family jewels have been stored in a bank vault, Nell finds this priceless, forgotten heirloom in a Crown Royal whiskey bag stashed in the back of a dresser. As predatory Quincys circle Nell and art experts begin to question the necklace's shadowy provenance, Nell turns to the only person she thinks she can trust--the attractive and ambitious estate lawyer who definitely is not part of the old money crowd. Ambrose Quincy brought the necklace home from India in the 1920s as a dramatic gift for May, the woman he intended to marry. However, upon his return he discovers that May has married his brother Ethan, the "good" Quincy, devoted to helping their father with the family mining empire. As a gesture of friendship, Ambrose gives May the necklace anyway--reigniting their passion and beginning a tense love triangle. When Ethan confronts the two lovers, the encounter ends tragically, entombing a secret in the past that Nell must uncover if she is ever to claim her true Quincy birthright. Alternating between the past and present, The Necklace is the elegant and compelling story of a star-crossed romance, long-simmering family resentments, and a young woman whose inheritance is much more than a legendary necklace
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
McMillan, Claire
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3613.C58539
LC item number
N43 2017
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Family secrets
  • Inheritance and succession
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • Necklaces
Target audience
adult
Label
The necklace, Claire McMillan
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn961003668
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Extent
302 pages
Isbn
9781501165047
Lccn
2016053165
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
F MCMILLAN ; XX-FI ; [M17BP002, #14, 10@26.00, WJM/ ]
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 961003668
  • (OCoLC)961003668
Label
The necklace, Claire McMillan
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn961003668
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Extent
302 pages
Isbn
9781501165047
Lccn
2016053165
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
F MCMILLAN ; XX-FI ; [M17BP002, #14, 10@26.00, WJM/ ]
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 961003668
  • (OCoLC)961003668

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