A Woman of Substance (The Harte Family Saga, Book 1)
One girl. One secret. One unstoppable ascent.
In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant.
By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world, ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to the glittering cities of America and the rugged vastness of Australia.
But what is the price she has paid?
âRivals meets Poldark, with a dash of Downton and Dynastyâ Guardian
'Still a story for our times' The Times
â [This] blockbuster 1979 period saga of female empowerment has been remade for a new generation' Daily Mail
âAn extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passionâ New York Times
âFew novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the best at spinning yarnsâ Guardian
A Woman of Substance (The Harte Family Saga, Book 1)
One girl. One secret. One unstoppable ascent.
In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant.
By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world, ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to the glittering cities of America and the rugged vastness of Australia.
But what is the price she has paid?
âRivals meets Poldark, with a dash of Downton and Dynastyâ Guardian
'Still a story for our times' The Times
â [This] blockbuster 1979 period saga of female empowerment has been remade for a new generation' Daily Mail
âAn extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passionâ New York Times
âFew novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the best at spinning yarnsâ Guardian
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One girl. One secret. One unstoppable ascent.
In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant.
By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world, ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to the glittering cities of America and the rugged vastness of Australia.
But what is the price she has paid?
âRivals meets Poldark, with a dash of Downton and Dynastyâ Guardian
'Still a story for our times' The Times
â [This] blockbuster 1979 period saga of female empowerment has been remade for a new generation' Daily Mail
âAn extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passionâ New York Times
âFew novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the best at spinning yarnsâ Guardian
