- Barbara Taylor Bradford

The Harte Family Saga - A Woman of Substance (The Harte Family Saga, Book 1): 30th Anniversary Limited edition

By Barbara Taylor Bradford
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The unputdownable multi-million copy bestseller charting the rags to riches story of Emma Harte

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?

A Woman of Substance is as impossible to put down as it is to forget. This multi-million copy bestseller is truly a novel of our times.

‘Queen of the genre’ Sunday Times

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 03 Sep 2009
Pages: 800
ISBN: 978-0-00-733405-6
Price: £50.00, £50.00 (Export Price) , €None
Detailed Edition: 30th Anniversary Limited edition
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in Leeds, and worked as a journalist in London. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, is one of the bestelling novels of all time and Barbara’s books have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. In 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature. Ten miniseries and television movies have been made of her books. She currently lives in New York City.

Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford: -

”'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

”'As romantic and thrilling as the rest” - Independent on Sunday

”'Another great yarn from the ultimate storyteller” - The Sun

‘An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion.’New York Times -