TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - French Americans KW - arms industry KW - Slavic Americans KW - steel industry AU - Taylor Caldwell AB - In the months before World War II, Henri Bouchard, a ruthless tycoon, seeks to profit from the conflict, and is once again drawn to Celeste, his former love and his brother Peter’s wife. BT - Bouchard and Barbour trilogy, 3/3 C1 - 1940s C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh C4 - Saga; Historical; War; Romance CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - In the months before World War II, Henri Bouchard, a ruthless tycoon, seeks to profit from the conflict, and is once again drawn to Celeste, his former love and his brother Peter’s wife. PB - Charles Scribner's Sons PP - New York PY - 1944 RN - Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), born in Manchester, England, emigrated to America and graduated from the University of Buffalo. In 1937 Maxwell Perkins accepted her first manuscript, a Pittsburgh novel called Dynasty of Death, and it launched her productive career: more than 40 novels with sales of more than 30 million copies. She wrote bestselling historical romances, family sagas, biographical novels, and Christian fiction. She died in Greenwich, Connecticut. EP - 563 p. T2 - Bouchard and Barbour trilogy, 3/3 TI - The Final Hour ER -