The new prequel to A Woman of Substance, the gripping million-copy bestseller
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds, and by the age of twenty was an editor and columnist on Fleet Street. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, became an enduring worldwide bestseller. Her novels have sold more than eighty-five million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages, and ten mini-series and television movies have been made of her books. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.
Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford ‘An extravagant, absorbing novel
of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion.’
New York Times ‘A mighty saga. Little has been so riveting since
Gone With the Wind’ Evening News ‘A long, satisfying novel of
money, power, passion and revenge, set against the sweep of
20th-century history.’
Los Angeles Times ‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara
Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one
of the world’s best at spinning yarns’ Guardian ‘A classic saga of
loyalty, secrets, passion and intrigue … if you’ve been suffering
withdrawal symptoms from Downton, this is for you’ Daily Mail ‘A
stately home, a dangerous secret and two families whose fates have
been intertwined for generations … a gripping period piece set on
the brink of the Great War. Exquisite escapism of the highest
order’ The Lady
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