FRONT PAGE EXCERPT: The whirl of dancers on mirrorlike ballroom floors... the gleaming rails racing beneath the Orient Express... the scented warmth of forbidden boudoirs... the dark shadow of intrigue and danger...
All were part of Jean Riebeck's world as he pursued his strange and gallant destiny amid the tangled crosscurrents of European politics and war... and amid the conflicting passions of two very different woman - the beautiful duchess, wanton wife of his own cousin, and the proud English girl who first would not have him, then would not let him go...
BACK COVER EXCERPT: Not since NIGHT FALLS ON THE CITY has there been a spellbinder like BEFORE THE GLORY ENDED. Here is a novel that races across the map of Europe like a luxury express... a novel filled with the passion and gallantry of a lavish, lost way of life… a novel of a handsome, daring young aristocrat, the woman who adored him, and the dangerous destiny he pursued... a novel to experience and never forget...
"Rich, exhilarating, exciting... glamour, sparkle and elegance... a novel in the best tradition... glorious entertainment" - Louisville Courier-Journal
"Extraordinary sophistication... a cliff-hanging story... a superb novel" - Dallas News
"Alive with events and action" - Bridgeport News
"Written with skill and authority... gloriously romantic" - Best Sellers
"Sharply drawn vignettes, an enormous cast of characters, a kaleidoscope view of European life, a long, rich novel" - Publishers Weekly