THE PRIDE OF THE PEACOCK. by HOLT, VICTORIA. (Pseudonym of Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert; Also Writes as; JEAN PLAIDY, Eleanor Burford, PHILIPPA CARR, Anna Percival, Elbur Ford, Ellalice Tate & Kathleen Kellow) - 1976

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Canada: Fontana / Collins, 1977. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Minor reading wear, yellowing about the spine; soiling spot to the rear top corner. 285 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Collins - Fontana Books, 1977. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Victoria Holt AKA Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, Philippa Carr, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, Jean Plaidy, Ellalice Tate. SYNOPSIS: At seventeen, Jessica Clavering yearns for a life of excitement and romance. So when a rough Australian opal-miner buys her family's decaying ancestral mansion, she defies their orders and befriends him. From him she hears of the finest opal of all - the legendary Green Flash, with whose disappearance the Claverings are mysteriously linked. And through him, she makes a strange marriage that lands her on the opposite side of the world - mistress of the great Australian house, Peacocks. There, as Jessica's isolation grows, she begins to be really frightened. It seems that not just a lost opal, but even her life may be at stake . .… Read More

Collins - Fontana Books, 1977. Repaired; Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Victoria Holt AKA Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, Philippa Carr, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, Jean Plaidy, Ellalice Tate. SYNOPSIS: At seventeen, Jessica Clavering yearns for a life of excitement and romance. So when a rough Australian opal-miner buys her family's decaying ancestral mansion, she defies their orders and befriends him. From him she hears of the finest opal of all - the legendary Green Flash, with whose disappearance the Claverings are mysteriously linked. And through him, she makes a strange marriage that lands her on the opposite side of the world - mistress of the great Australian house, Peacocks. There, as Jessica's isolation grows, she begins to be really frightened. It seems that not just a lost opal, but even her life may be at… Read More

mass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.