Lady of fortune / Graham Masterton

Lady of fortune / Graham Masterton. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1984; 554 bladzijden. "Lady of Fortune" is the spectacular tale of Effie Watson, the beautiful daughter of a Victorian banker, who rises above the restrictions of her era to become one of the richest women of the century. Tough, unconventional, and compassionate, she masterminds a banking empire the likes of which the world has never seen. Effie is friend and adviser to world leaders, movie stars, royalty, and celebrated artists and writers, but her staggering wealth and social position do not ensure her happiness. Her tragedies and triumphs unfold against the backdrop of several tumultuous decades-from Victorian England to World War I, through the Jazz Age, Prohibition, the Crash of 1929, the advent of Nazism and beyond.