Brodie Duke

<p>Brodie Leonadis Duke was born in 1846 the second son of Washington Duke and</p><p>brother of James Buchanan Duke the millionaire tobacco tycoon. At an early age Brodie is traumatized</p><p>by loss that molds him into the man he will become. In 1861 the Civil War begins and Washington and</p><p>Brodie are forced to serve. Given Brodie's slim stature he is assigned to a prison camp in Salisbury North</p><p>Carolina. The horror that occurs on his watch brings Brodie to the brink of insanity.</p><p></p><p>Unable to return home Brodie spends time farming tobacco while his father and siblings begin a small</p><p>tobacco company. Brodie realizes that Durham has become a hub for tobacco manufacturing</p><p>entrepreneurs and decides to open his own company.</p><p></p><p>Several years later Washington and Brodie's siblings join him in Durham and combine forces. Early on it</p><p>becomes clear that Brodie's past and his brother Buck's determination to run the company causes tension</p><p>between the two brothers that will never be resolved. Pushed out of the way Brodie resorts to purchasing</p><p>land and developing Durham. But even with a successful business and more money than he could ever</p><p>need this young man is unable to overcome the guilt from his past and finds himself drinking excessively.</p><p></p><p>Brodie finds love only for it to be taken away. Unstable and rash Brodie makes decisions that lead him</p><p>down a path of deceit and betrayal. And when it appears that Brodie will</p>