Barbara Taylor Bradford
2) The heir
Author
Series
Formats
Description
At the age of thirty-three, Edward Deravenel, having survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats from ruthless enemies, countless lovers, and a war that ravaged his country, is finally king of his company. Itś 1918, an influenza pandemic is sweeping the country, and Edward has a family and a business to protect. He must thread his way between his loyal brother, Richard, and his treacherous middle brother, George, an alcoholic bent on self-destruction...
Author
Series
House of Falconer volume 3
Formats
Description
"James Falconer--a tycoon and a self-made man--seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But the Great War looms, and James decides to fight for king and country. The fighting is bloody and brutal, and James returns a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental. His beloved wife is dead, but a new woman returns to help nurse him back to health. Georgiana Ward once held James in her thrall, but years have passed and bitterness has set...
Author
Series
Harte Family volume 2
Pub. Date
[1985]
Description
Traces the struggle of Paula McGill Fairley, Emma Harte's granddaughter and heir, to hold on the the empire.
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
When her husband announces he is seeing a younger woman, Maggie moves out of their Chicago home and begins life anew as an interior decorator. While arranging a farm house in Connecticut, she hires Jack, an electrician. Daily contact leads to love despite a difference in age, Jack being nine years younger. By the author of A Woman of Substance.
Author
Series
The House of Falconer volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020].
Description
James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. With Malvern's daughter Alexis running away to the country after a terrible tragedy and refusing to return, James' ascent to head of the company seems inevitable. But even a charmed life like James' is not without its setbacks. A terrible fire threatens to end his merchant career before...
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A Woman of substance: the story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world.
Hold the dream: continues the saga of Emma Harte, who rose from servant girl to head of an international retail dynasty. At 80, Emma passes control of the Harte-McGill empire to her beloved granddaughter Paula.
To...