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England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction Falconer, James Lionel (Fictitious character) Fiction Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Fiction Large type books Man-woman relationships Fiction Merchants Merchants Fiction Nantucket (Mass.) Fiction Toy stores Fiction Women merchants FictionBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: James Lionel Falconer has become the right-hand man of the head of London's most prestigious shipping company. Can James continue to be the master of his own fate, even after entering the lion's den?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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Summary: "Working at his father's market stall in Victorian England, James Lionel Falconer determines to become a merchant prince. Hardworking and trustworthy, he catches the eye of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious London shipping company. When threats against his reputation--and his life--emerge, James must prove that he truly is the master of his fate"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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Summary: A charismatic and ambitious businessman in Victorian England faces the tragic ruin of everything he has worked to achieve before a royal summons gives him a chance to prove his talents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2018
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Summary: Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming, and brimming with self-confidence. Even as a boy working in his father's market stall in Camden, he was determined to become a merchant prince. Through hard work and a single-minded determination, James rises quickly through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Bradford 2018Thayer, Nancy
Summary: Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toyshop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers. But when her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina to continue business on the wharf. Even so, Christina firmly believes there may be a warm heart underneath Oscar's steely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC THAUmrigar, Thrity N.
Summary: Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toyshop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers. But when her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina to continue business on the wharf. Even so, Christina firmly believes there may be a warm heart underneath Oscar's steely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019