Dynasty of Desire — Elizabeth Zachary

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE MONCRIEF CLAN?

What was their mysterious power over men? What was it that thrust them onto the center of the world's stage - that fatefully bound them up in the boldest enterprise of the 19th century: the herculean effort, first by the French, then by the Americans, to build the might Panama Canal against man's and nature's most fearful odds?

This is the saga of the beautiful, passionate Moncrief sisters, Petra and Dareie, and their daughters. It is a story of bizarre events, of dark secrets, of sister against sister, of love fulfilled and love denied.

It is the story of the failure and rebirth of a dream that was the scandal and the glory of an age. It is, most of all, the story of four unforgettable women, struggling to forge a... Dynasty Of Desire