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Jan 1, 2001 · A dying Mandarin takes his grandchild (and heir) to Hong Kong to show her the origins of the family fortune. In San Francisco, a daughter is born to an extremely wealthy banker, leaving him bitterly disappointed that he did not have a son.
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Dec 5, 1992 · Sweeping from the turn of the century through the 1960's, from the Orient to San Francisco and New York, Elizabeth Adler has written a magnificent novel of new wealth and old privilege, family passions and secret shame, of women surviving, triumphant, in the riveting saga of romantic intrigue.
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Jan 18, 2010 · The three met in the aftermath of San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake -- the Mandarin Lai Tsin, a runaway American heiress, and a young Englishwoman. Against all odds they made their dreams come true, building one of the world's largest trading companies and most luxurious hotels...
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Fortune Is a Woman (U.S. title: She Played With Fire [1]) is a 1957 black and white British-American film noir crime film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Jack Hawkins and Arlene Dahl. [2] Its plot concerns an attempted insurance fraud that goes badly wrong. [ 3 ]
Sweeping from the turn of the century through the 1960’s, from the Orient to San Francisco and New York, Elizabeth Adler has written a magnificent novel of new wealth and old privilege, family passions and secret shame, of women surviving, triumphant, in the riveting saga of romantic intrigue.
- Mass Market Paperback
Feb 1, 1992 · Adler follows up Peach and The Rich Shall Inherit with another glitzy roller-coaster saga. Using standard rags-to-riches ingredients, she gives us a trio of Cinderellas who suffer and survive their way to fortune, romance and a predictable happy ending.
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- Elizabeth Adler
Jan 20, 2010 · Fortune Is a Woman: A Novel A runaway heiress . . . a legacy of shame . . . an empire built on blood and revenge . . . The three met in the aftermath of San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake—the Mandarin Lai Tsin, a runaway American heiress, and a young Englishwoman.