The Duchess and the soldier's revenge: The secret to the royal Windsor jewel heist - Softcover

Leavey, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530226163 ISBN 13: 9781530226160

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

It’s 1946 : Leslie Holmes, in a daring act of revenge, has stolen Wallis Simpson’s precious jewels; to a today’s value of £20 million. This untold true mystery delves deep into love, passion, betrayal and espionage; combining the suspense of the jewel heist with the mental trials of World War II and the fascination of Wallis and Edward VIII. The novel takes the lives of these two very different couples from opposing ends of society; Leslie and his sensuously fragile wife Gwen, and the Duke of Windsor with his dominatrix Duchess; running them parallel until that pivotal moment in 1946; exploring how twists of fate could turn an honest soldier into a royal jewel thief and an illegitimate twice divorcee could steal the heart of the throne. The novel brings fresh immediacy to a 70 yr old unsolved case that defied the finest brains of Scotland Yard. Frankie Bailey, scriptwriter : ''a good human interest story that really deserves to be told...cannot bear the thought of this languishing in a drawer.'

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About the Author:

Harriet now resides in the Languedoc-Roussillion, the 'rugged' south of France. Not afraid of adventure -with a thirst for culture- and speaking languages, she lived and worked in France, Spain, Italy and Venezuela. She then had the ‘eye-opening’ experience of being a British Airways air-hostess for seven years. She is a qualified goldsmith, gemmologist FGA, and diamond specialist DGA. But now, compelled to write, she returns to her life-long passion; having studied literature. She's started with this debut novel of the ‘closely guarded family secret’ -which deserves to be told. She is now working on a trilogy of romance/mysticism fiction concerning the ‘life’ of a precious stone and its affect on people as it touches, and passes on through hands throughout the centuries.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530226163
• ISBN 13: 9781530226160
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245