BOLD CONQUEST

by Virginia Henley

Ebook copyright 2011 Virginia Henley

Cover Copyright 2011 by Marsha Canham

Smashwords edition published June 2011

First published by Avon Books, October 1983. All rights reserved. No part of this may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical without permission in writing from Virginia Henley.

This Ebook version is dedicated to my grandsons Daryl and Ryan

Chapter 1