Jacqueline Briskin
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Description
Jacqueline Orgell was born on 18 December 1927 in London, England, the daughter of Marjorie (Mendelsohn) and Spencer Orgell. In 1938, her family moved to United States, and she naturalized in 1944. She attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California and graduated in 1945. On 9 May 1948, she married Bertram Norman "Bert" Briskin, borned on 17 February 1922. Her husband was an oil executive, who years later became his agent. They had three children: Ralph Louis Briskin, Elizabeth Ann Briskin, and Richard Paul Briskin (alias Richard Sands). Her husband died of Alzheimer on 16 July 2004. She sold her first novel in 1970, after which she published other 11 historical novels. Her novels were translated into 26 languages, and has sold 23,000,000 copies worldwide. Her books regularly appear on the New York Times bestseller's list, and she was a main Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club seven times.
Books
The crimson palace
emphasized textIn the autumn of 1909, twelve months before the end of his three years of exile, Stephan Strakhov, a revolutionary of mysterious background, is returning to Russia. On board ship he meets a beautiful and vibrant young American woman, Marya Alexier, and saves her from what might have been a fatal accident. They fall deeply, abidingly in love. Marya and her adored brother, Boris, are on their way to St Petersburg as guests of their only surviving relative, Count Ivan Paskevitch. Richer than the Tsar, a wordly man of keen intelligence and great passion, Paskevitch will stop at nothing to attain his desires. His magnificent Crimson Palace was built by his ancestors to house their most cherished possessions, and as Marya is showered with lavish gifts it gradually dawns on her that she become one of these valued treasures. Ignoring her emotions for Stephan, Paskevitch coerces her into becoming his mistress and eventually his wife. Marya is destined, or so it seems, for a life without love or happiness. Read more at
Drams are not enough
Temptress, goddess, star - Alyssia Del Mar was all of these to the millions of movie fans who worshiped her extravagant allure and irresistible sensuality. But to the people whose paths crossed hers, she was something more: a child of poverty whose innocent and overwhelming need to be loved drove her to the top - and made her the pan in a family's bid for absolute power. To Desmond Cordiner, feared patriarch, who presided over Magnum Pictures, Alyssia's magnificent presence could save a studio - and his skin - before stardom destroyed her... To Barry Cordiner, Desmond's nephew, she as the perfect wife, until her own success outdistanced his... To Hap, Desmond's charismatic son and the love of Alyssia's life, she could be the inspiration that would make him the greatest director of hi generation - unless their scandalous affair totally destroyed them first... To Beth Gold, Barry's twin sister, she became an object of hatred after a family tragedy destroyed their friendship... To P.D. Zaffarano, the superagent cousin with enough mob connections to topple the family empire, she was his ticket to the top and a necessary ally... Spanning the sixties to the eighties, moving from migrant workers' shacks in the San Joaquin Valley to palatial Beverly Hills estates, from a remote film location in Kenya to a luxurious villa overlooking Lake Como in Italy - here is a sweeping novel about five members of a legendary family and their effect n the eternally vulnerable woman who was known as the last movie star.
The Other Side of Love
Even after several years of marriage Renira is still very much in love with her husband Desmond Curtis. Her marriage was everything Nira had ever wanted, she has a husband who adored her, two lovely children and a beautiful home. But suddenly her husband casual interest in other women began to seem less than innocent, his late nights at the office more frequent than usual. At first, Nira pushed the doubts away and clung tenaciously to a belief in her perfect marriage. But her happiness is shattered as she discovers that Des is incapable of fidelity. And when friends startlingly suggested she have a more open marital arrangement, she could not hide from the horrifying truth: her husband was not only having illicit affairs, he wanted her to have them too! Struggling through a terrible time that is like a living nightmare, Nira fights her way through the darkness. Will she be able to embrace the bright hope of a happy future that is the other side of love?
Too Much, Too Soon
Tells the story of the three Sylvander sisters from 1949 to 1985, each sister's romantic obsession with Curt Ivory, and how it shapes each one's life.