"Crossings" is a novel written in 1982 by American author Danielle Steel. It is her 13th book. In 1986, the story was adapted into a six-hour television miniseries with the same name.
Plot
The ship Normandie travels from Washington, D.C. to France even though a war is about to begin. On the ship is an American woman named Liane de Villiers, who is the young wife of a long-time ambassador to France.
List of characters
- Liane Crockett de Villiers – Daughter of a global shipping company, Crockett Shippings, who marries Armand after his wife passes away
- Armand de Villiers – Ambassador of France to the United States, who returns to France and works for the Vichy government in Nazi-occupied France
- Odile de Villiers – Wife of Armand, who dies early in the story
- Nicholas Burnham – President of a steel company, Burnham Steel, who meets Liane during a trip across the Atlantic Ocean
- Hillary Burnham – Wife of Nicholas, who is unfaithful but does not agree to divorce him
- Johnny Burnham – Only child of Nicholas and Hillary