The unputdownable multi-million copy bestseller charting the rags to riches story of Emma Harte 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?A Woman of Substance is as impossible to put down as it is to forget. This multi-million copy bestseller is truly a novel of our times. 'Queen of the genre' Sunday Times Barbara Taylor Bradford, the Sunday Times bestselling author, presents a riveting historical fiction that charts the life of Emma Harte from the early 20th century to her rise as a business tycoon. A Woman of Substance is a compelling coming of age story that explores the price of success and the power of resilience.For fans of Danielle Steel (Never Say Never), Anna Jacobs (In Search of Hope), Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters), Rosie Goodwin (Dancing Till Midnight), and Santa Montefiore (The Kiss).