Lloyd R J - Burning Secret - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In 1844 Enoch Price was born into poverty. An ambitious youth he becomes a bare - knuckle fighter amongst London's underworld. In debt to a violent and unscrupulous moneylender and facing ruin and imprisonment he escapes to Jacksonville Florida abandoning his wife and three young daughters a decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life. By the time he arrives in Florida Enoch Price has become Harry Mason. Through a series of thrilling and risky escapades he plays an important role in the development and history of Jacksonville building an extraordinary new life of political and financial notoriety the shooting of a rival and the concealment of a murder. Despite imploring his wife to join him she declines exhausted by his lies. Tormented by loneliness and guilt Harry seeks solace through a bigamous marriage leading him into a web of deceit as he tries to conceal his true identity and past. Meanwhile lauded and enjoying popular success Harry is elected in 1903 to the Florida State House of Representatives with the prospect of becoming State Governor. He advances his business interests through a series of corrupt practices becoming a wealthy and successful politician. However success brings neither happiness nor contentment and seeking redemption Harry plans to return home - but life is rarely that simple as the First World War breaks out the Spanish flu pandemic takes its toll and the American government introduces prohibition. Will there be a good end for Harry or will his secrets prove to be the death of him?
Title: Burning Secret
Author(s): Lloyd R J
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
Barcode: 9781803131498
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 6/28/2022
Category: Historical Fiction