Del 1 - Harte Family Saga

Woman of Substance

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvBarbara Taylor Bradford

169 kr

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Soon to be a Channel 4 series starring Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Jessica Reynolds (House of Guinness) 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? ‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the best at spinning yarns’ Guardian ‘An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion’ New York Times

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-12
Mått129 x 198 x 53 mm
Vikt270 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieDel 1 i Harte Family Saga
Antal sidor848
FörlagHarperCollins Publishers
ISBN9780008822415
MiljömärkningProduced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.

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Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in Leeds. She left school at 15 for the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post.At 16, she became a reporter on the paper and, at 18, its first Woman’s Editor. Aged 20, she moved to London and became a columnist and editor on Fleet Street.Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, is one of the bestselling 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.Barbara was married to her beloved husband, television and film producer Robert Bradford, for 55 years until he died in 2019. She continued to live in New York and write novels, her last entitled The Wonder of It All, until she died in November 2024.

‘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