An Absolute Scandal by Penny Vincenzi
It was one of the biggest scandals of the 80s. Lloyds. It started with just a few requests for money from various Names. And then the demands got bigger. And bigger. Until thousands of people, some rich, most of them just comfortably off, found their lives ruined, homes gone, relationships wrecked. All because of money. When you do have it, its value isn't that important. When you don't - it's everything. Set against the glittering, adrenaline-fuelled last days of the 80s, AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL is the ultimate story of the rise and fall in the fortunes of a group of people- and the scandal whose effects were felt across the board. With devastating results ...
'Penny Vincenzi dazzlingly combines the old-fashioned virtues of gripping storytelling with the up-to-the-minute contemporary feel for emotional depth and insight into the lives of the charactersShe is a supreme stylist and clever writer. Reading her is an addictive experience' -- Elizabeth Buchan 'Teeming with style!outselling Danielle Steel and Barbara Taylor Bradford! these are family sagas filled with tempestuous women, successful, sexy men and passionate plots! Readers will find every page irresistible' -- Washington Post 'Penny is the doyenne of the modern blockbuster' -- Glamour
Since her first novel, OLD SINS, was published in 1989, Penny Vincenzi has written twelve novels, most recently SHEER ABANDON, a massive Sunday Times" No.1 bestseller in both hardback and paperback. After college she worked as a journalist, writing for The Times", Vogue" and Cosmopolitan "amongst many others, before turning to fiction. Several years later, over four million copies of Penny's books have been sold worldwide and she is one of the UK's best-loved and most popular authors. Penny Vincenzi is married, with four daughters, and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780755320844 |
| ISBN 10 | 0755320840 |
| Title | An Absolute Scandal |
| Author | Penny Vincenzi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2007-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 768 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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