To Be the Best - Softcover

Bradford, Barbara Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0586070346 ISBN 13: 9780586070345

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Enthralling sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's universally loved novels, A Woman of Substance and Hold The Dream. Set in Yorkshire, Hong Kong and America, this remarkable contemporary novel continues the story of an unorthodox and endlessly fascinating family. As the spirit of Emma Harte lives on in her granddaughter, Paula O'Neill, an engrossing drama is played out in the glamorous arena of the wealthy and privileged, underscored by a cut-throat world of jealousy and treachery. Paula must act with daring and courage to preserve her formidable grandmother's glittering empire from unscrupulous enemies -- so that Emma's precious dream lives on for the next generation!

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From the Back Cover:

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has captivated millions of readers with her sweeping saga of power, wealth, and family secrets. Now the legacy of matriarch Emma Harte lives in one woman's inspiring challenge to be the best...

DRIVEN BY LOVE
Paula McGill O'Neill learned the lessons of success from the master―merchant princess Emma Harte, her grandmother, her teacher, her idol. Left to Paula, the legacy of Emma's international empire still thrives as the strong-willed heiress wields control with hard-earned compassion―and well-earned suspicion of every secret threat.

INSPIRED BY SUCCESS
Blessed grandchild, super-wife, and loving mother, Paula has one desire―to keep her grandmother's visionary dream alive, and through sacrifice and ambition carve out an empire of her own. But every move has been shadowed by two families whose fortunes are intertwined with hers―and by an unscrupulous blood enemy moving in for the kill...

CHALLENGED BY BETRAYAL
Once banished from the family fold, Paula's cousin Jonathan has emerged from the darkness to wrest control of everything he wants―and destroy all that Paula has fought for. Now, sweeping across the world, and testing her most intimate fears and emotions, Paula's struggle to safeguard her happiness and her family's future becomes her ultimate challenge.

"A novel for everyone...A satisfying, lushly detailed saga."
―Rave Reviews

About the Author:

Barbara 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 twenty-three others, including the bestselling Harte series. In 2006 The Ravenscar Dynasty began an epic new family series around Ravenscar and the house of Deravenel. 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. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0586070346
• ISBN 13: 9780586070345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528