The Onyx

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Publication Year:
2015

ISBN-13: 9781453293799

<DIV><B><I>New York Times</I></B><B>&ndash;bestselling author Jacqueline Briskin delivers a richly romantic, epic novel about the founding of the automobile industry, spanning two continents and five turbulent decades of American history</B><BR /><BR /> In 1894, while penniless nineteen-year-old Tom Bridger works at a Michigan furniture company that fuels his ambitions, he falls in love with beautiful, sophisticated Antonia Dalzell. But his real talent is inventing machines. He&rsquo;s secretly working on an electrical replacement for the horseless carriage. So is his friend, engineer Henry Ford. With America still a bit player on the burgeoning automotive stage, Tom dreams of creating a company to rival the dazzling car manufacturers of Europe. Through vision and hard work, he achieves his greatest ambition. Onyx, his automobile company, is a world away from his humble beginnings and the shameful legacy he carries.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Successful beyond his wildest dreams, Tom becomes America&rsquo;s first billionaire. But through it all, he is haunted by his passion for Antonia, the woman he could never marry &mdash;and he finds himself challenged by their son, who is determined to destroy Tom&rsquo;s empire.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> With vibrant, emotionally complex characters and authentic historical detail, <I>The Onyx</I> is an unforgettable novel about the cost of a lie, the lengths to which a man will go to honor a promise&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. and the secrets he will carry to his grave.<BR /></DIV>