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Book Review of Descent from Xanadu

Descent from Xanadu
Descent from Xanadu
Author: Harold Robbins
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Jude Crane is ruthless, sexually irresistible, the wealthiest man in the world and determinded to conquer man's last frontier eternal life. He pursues his dream on a dangerous, obsessive journey, from Yugoslavia to China, from his lush island to a secret atomic city in the Brazillian jungle, Crane is willing to spend billions, risk death, outwit foreign agents, lose his entire empire and the women he loves until, at the moment of victory, he discovers the most important secret of all.