Hers the Kingdom - Softcover

Streshinsky, Shirley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 042509801X ISBN 13: 9780425098011

Publisher: Berkley, 1986

Synopsis

An epic story of California in the boom days and of the aristocracy that flourished in the West told through the eyes of two sisters who struggle to keep their 15,000-acre Malibu ranch

About this title

Book Description:

When beautiful young Willa Reade first saw the wild California coast called the Malibu, she knew she had come home. It was here, with her handsome aristocratic husband, Owen, and her crippled sister Lena, that Willa would build her empire, an empire that would grow to shelter the generations of a mighty California dynasty.
    Through the boom days of the railroads, from the dance halls of San Francisco, to the revolutionary fires of China, through the bitter losses of war and the terrible secrets of a forbidden love, Willa would fight. For pride, for passion, for her children and her men . . . for the vast cherished acres of the Malibu, her kingdom, her home, her destiny.

About the Author:

Shirley Streshinsky is a critically acclaimed author of three works of nonfiction and four historical novels. As a journalist and travel essayist, she has written extensively for a wide range of national magazines such as Redbook, Glamour, Preservation, American Heritage, The American Scholar, and Condé Nast Traveler. She is the recipient of the Society of Magazine Writers’ Award for Excellence and the National Council for the Advancement of Education Writing award, and was cited by The Educational Press Association of America for “superlative achievement in features.” Her travel essays have been a feature on National Public Radio. She was married to the late photojournalist Ted Streshinsky and resides in Kensington (Berkeley), California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 042509801X
• ISBN 13: 9780425098011
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 597