A Woman of Substance (The Harte Family Saga, Book 1)

By: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Narrated by: Diana Quick

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

Critic reviews

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