Alice Tisdale Hobart: This Earth Is Mine

Fitty years ago Jean Philippe had come from France, a lion of a man with an inflexible will, determined to become the richest man in California.

Now his sweat, his blood, and his virility were all symbolized by the vast Rambeau vineyards that flourished in California's most fertile valleys. And, though his own life was almost over the blood of Jean Philippe's youth flowed vigorousty on in the veins of his descendants.

This is the story of those descendants. Particularly it is the story of John and Elizabeth, the two who towered above the rest - whose identical natures were, fated to clash, again and again, in a strange combination of hate and love.