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The Spoils of Time Series

This sweeping family saga chronicles the lives of an influential London family across the turbulent 20th century. From glittering parties to personal tragedies, the books explore how characters navigate a rapidly changing world. The narratives are rich with dramatic twists, formidable female leads, and profound psychological insight. Dive into a world of secrets, love, and indomitable spirit.

Into Temptation
Something dangerous
No angel : The spoils of time I.

Recommended Reading Order

  1. No angel : The spoils of time I.

    • 608 pages
    • 22 hours of reading

    Can wrong ever become right? Does the end justify the means? For Celia Lytton, there are no easy answers to these questions. Strong-willed, tough, and courageous, she moves through life making difficult and often dangerous decisions both for herself and for others, with the most far reaching consequences for everyone . . .For her husband, Oliver, head of the great family publishing house of Lyttons; for Sylvia Miller, whose life of relentless poverty is transformed by Celia's intrusion; for Oliver's daunting elder sister, who is not all she appears to be; and for author Sebastian Brooke, for whom Celia makes the most dangerous decision of all.

    No angel : The spoils of time I.1
    4.2

  2. Something dangerous

    • 723 pages
    • 26 hours of reading

    From the international bestselling novelist Penny Vincenzi comes SOMETHING DANGEROUS, the second novel in her highly acclaimed SPOILS OF TIME trilogy. 'Reading her is an addictive experience' Elizabeth Buchan The dazzling Lytton twins, Adele and Venetia, are born into the great Lytton publishing empire. In 1928, on their eighteenth birthday, they are rich and admired, with a confidence verging on arrogance. But the spectre of Nazi Germany is growing... Gradually their privileged world darkens in unimaginable ways - but it is not just the twins whose lives have been irrevocably changed. Barty Miller, rescued from the London slums in babyhood by Celia Lytton, is clever, ambitious, and a complete contrast to the twins - and she faces temptation of the most unexpected kind...

    Something dangerous2
    4.4

  3. Into Temptation

    • 672 pages
    • 24 hours of reading

    London 1953. Nach den Schrecken des Zweiten Weltkriegs ist in das Leben der Lyttons endlich wieder eine gewisse Normalität zurückgekehrt. Doch dann folgt ein Paukenschlag: Die unlängst verwitwete Lady Celia verkündet, dass sie den Lytton-Verlag verlassen und wieder heiraten wird. Völlig vor den Kopf gestoßen, fragen sich ihre Kinder, was diese Entscheidung für ihre Leben, ihre Karrieren und ihr Erbe bedeutet. Die Machtverhältnisse verschieben sich im Familiengefüge und im Verlag – und schließlich muss Celia erkennen, dass nicht weniger als das Vermächtnis der Lytton-Dynastie auf dem Spiel steht ...

    Into Temptation3
    4.0