Banners of Silk
By: Rosalind Laker: pseudomyn of author Barbara Øvstedal [1921-2012]
Edition: Signet First Printing ed.
Series: Signet Book 451 AE1545 ($3.95)
Publisher: The New American Library of Canada
Published: June 01, 1982
Place of publication: Scarborough, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9780451115454
Copyright date: 1981 by Barbara Ovstedal
Other titles: Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Vol. 2 Spring 1981
Description: Louise Vernet was raised in the slums of Paris, coming of age amid the splendor and corruption of the Second Empire. She ruled the world of fashion, clothing the most fabled women of title and pleasure in a society where even sin had to have style. Pierre de Gand, godson of the Emperor himself, taught Louise Vernet what it was to love and be loved. But it was all destroyed in a shattering act of betrayal. Robert Prestbury, an Englishman who claimed to be a gentleman, lured Louise into a Victorian marriage.

It was a union that trapped her like a vice as he used her for his profit and tormented her for his pleasure. Will Russell nurtured Louise’s genius and offered her the financial backing that made her fortune, but it wasn’t long before her debt to him mounted beyond what she could pay without gambling her heart. There were many men in Louise Vernet’s life who fed her ambition and passion — but where was the one who could give her happiness…? Will she ever get her happy ending?

** Dazzling & glamorous...A compelling Heroine. A sweeping Plot...Sure to please fans of ''A Woman of Substance'' (Publishers Weekly)---Fr. Cvr.
Notes: **Barbara Øvstedal (3 Oct 03, 1921 – Nov 23, 2012)** was an author who wrote under the pseudonyms **Barbara Paul and Barbara Douglas**. She later changed to **Rosalind Laker when Barbara Paul gained recognition.**