A Wealthy Woman (in 2 volumes)

To date, Barbara Taylor Bradford has written thirty-five novels, all of which have become bestsellers, but "A Wealthy Woman," her first novel published in 1979, gained special popularity and continues to be published - over thirty million copies of this family saga have been sold worldwide. A British miniseries starring Jenny Seagrove was made based on this work in 1984, which enjoyed tremendous success. Emma Hart, a girl from a poor family living in a Yorkshire village, overcomes harsh blows of fate thanks to her extraordinary will, intelligence, and beauty, becoming fantastically wealthy and influential. The head of a powerful financial empire, the magnificent Emma Hart lived an amazing life that encompassed everything - despair and loneliness, hated enemies and loyal friends, great love and betrayal by those closest to her. She governed her large family with a firm hand, and now she faces a difficult task - who can worthy continue her legacy? She cannot trust everyone, but she has a beloved granddaughter, Paula Farley, who is so much like her... Perhaps what adds particular authenticity to her works is that in describing her characters and their fates, Bradford uses many details from her own life and the lives of her loved ones. Barbara was born in Leeds, and it is in this city that her heroine Emma Hart begins her journey to success. The main theme of the first book is Emma's work as a maid in the house of the noble and wealthy squire Adam Farley as a teenager, her first love, and the dramatic events in her family. Barbara's father's name was Winston, and he lost a leg during World War I - the same name and the same injury befalls Emma's brother… "I write about ordinary women who achieve extraordinary heights," the writer admitted, and this is exactly the fate she herself has experienced.