Name: The Duchess
ISBN: 9780345531087

Danielle Steel

Thrown out of her ancestral home by her brutal half-brothers after the death of their father, Angélique Latham makes her way to Paris, where she takes in abused streetwalkers and transforms them into upper-crust courtesans in an exclusive bordello.

The Duchess

Lacy W

DS's latest books have really been hitting the mark lately! A woman, who is a duchess with royalty on both sides of her family, owning a brothel after being a nanny? She has never written something like that! Or if she has, I haven't read it yet. She is on a roll and I'm really glad I picked up her books again. 

The story of Angelique was so heartbreaking and maddening. I can't believe the way nobility treat their own flesh and blood. I hated the way nobility treated their servants. i was just so mad at the injustice of it all. Angelique was amazing in the fact that she was just trying to do the best she could. I loved her courage and bravery. Not a lot of people would be able to live with what she went through.

I think the most interesting part of this book was Angelique running a brothel. It was fascinating to read about and to learn about all the work that goes into running one. Obviously DS didn't go into super minute detail but I still got the message about what really goes on in one of those things. Regardless, it was one of the most interesting times of her life. I wish it could have been a little more expanded but I'm happy with what I got.

Overall, I couldn't be more thrilled with the way DS is taking her writing. I am relieved that she is finding more creative plots and interesting characters. It reminds me a lot of her older work from the 80's, which I thought was some of her best. If she continues on this path, I will more than happy!

Orphaned. Betrayed. Determined. Angélique Latham grew up at the magnificent Belgrave Castle with her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally deny her very existence and send her out into the world alone. At eighteen, Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty and an envelope of money her late father pressed upon her. Unable to secure employment, Angélique desperately makes her way to Paris. To survive, she will need all her resources – and one bold stroke of fortune. Angélique takes an unfamiliar and unimaginable path in setting up what becomes a highly successful business. But she lives on the edge of scandal; can she ever make a life for herself? From England to Paris and New York, Danielle Steel paints a captivating portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit in The Duchess.

Elise shaw

I have not 100 sure about how accurate the history is in the book but I loved getting to know Angelique latham and was glad that she managed to get revenge on her horrible brother who never deserved Belgrave Castle