Wild@Geese - Softcover

Dillon

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Synopsis

This was the world of the Briens, the world of the Wild Geese -Of the matriarch who vowed that her descendants, unlike herself, would marry only for love -- and so sent her beloved grandchildren, Robert and Louise , off to Paris, to spare them the discrimination and squalor of a troubled land.Paris -- a city of petty gossip and vicious intrigues. Where Robert's scandalous affair would force him into the French army -- and on to America to fight in the Revolution. And where Louise's lovely innocence would imprison her in an arranged marriage with a man old enough to be her grandfather.The world of the Wild Geese... Of scheming relations, stolen fortunes, unrequited love, honor lost, and passion denied...

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