Title: The Pride of the Peacock
First published: 1976
Description: Only the strongest love can combat the dangers attached to this fabled opal stone

Victoria Holt takes readers on an exhilarating ride in this mesmerizing classic set in turn-of-the-century England. Raised in the shadow of her family's financial ruin, Jessica Clavering has never been understood or loved at the Dower House. But when a unique inheritance compels her to marry the owner of a fabled opal mine, she leaves her past behind in pursuit of a brighter future in Australia. It's only once they arrive on the far away continent that Jessica starts to uncover her family's dark past.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction in English, Love stories, Opals, Large type books, Fiction, general, Love, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, romance, historical, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general
Places: Australia
LC classification: PZ3.H5212 Pm3, PR6015.I3 Pm3