A sweeping, multi-generational saga for fans of Downton Abbey, set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring twenties change the family’s fortunes forever.A sweeping, multi-generational saga for fans of Downton Abbey, set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring twenties change the family’s fortunes forever.1926. One stately home’s future lies with four very different young women…On a summer weekend in 1926 the Ingham family gathers at Cavendon Hall, the great house in Yorkshire that has been their family home for centuries, summoned by the Earl. With them are the Swanns who have served the house for generations – and know all their secrets.The estate is under threat: the aftermath of the Great War has left Cavendon facing ruin. Its heir is pushing for divorce so he can follow his heart. And the Earl has a surprise of his own.Four young women from both sides of the house will be the ones to shape its future – Daphne, fighting to modernise her ancestral home; Cecily Swann, forging a path as a fashion designer in London; Deidre, the career girl, and Dulcie, the outspoken debutante. They will change the estate’s future for good or ill as the roaring twenties burn towards the Great Depression. Nothing will ever be the same again…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 TimesBarbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in England. She started her writing career on the Yorkshire Evening Post and later worked as a journalist in London. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, became an enduring bestseller and was followed by many more, including the bestselling Cavendon series. Barbara’s books have sold more than eighty-one million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages. In October of 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature.• Set around a huge stately home and the family and servants who live there – enormous popular appeal• Perfect for fans of Downton and Mr Selfridge• Cavendon Hall, the first of her novels about the aristocratic Ingham family, was a Sunday Times top ten hardback bestseller• Barbara Taylor Bradford commands sales and star status in ninety countries and forty languages with over eighty-one million copies of her books in print• Over 250,000 fans woldwide subscribe to Barbara Taylor Bradford’s email newsletter• She was awarded the OBE for services to literature in October 2007Competition: Cecelia Ahern;Jeffrey Archer; Kate Morton; Ken Follett; Lucinda Riley; Penny Vincenzi; Jilly Cooper; Sheila OFlanagan; Jeffrey Archer; Nora Roberts; Danielle Steel;
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