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477 pages. spine chippedThe son and grandson of cobblers, Samuel Fairbrother owns a series of boot facto ries. He buys a Newcastle mansion as a means of showing off his wealth and fortu ne. Totally out of his social depth, he relies on his butler Maitland to tell hi m how to dress, when to have a party, and whom to invite. Sam is a crude, posses sive man who blusters loudly when he does not get his way. He knows he is consid ered an upstart. When Sam and his wife separate, he insists that his oldest chil d, Janet, trained as a librarian, stay with him. She and Maitland fall in love, but first one disaster and then another postpone their wedding.
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- Title
- The Upstart
- Author
- Catherine Cookson
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0552156752
- ISBN 13
- 9780552156752
- Dimensions
- 17.8cm x 2.9cm x 10.5cm
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction
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So began a clash of wills between master and man, at which Samuel Fairbrother discovered he was at a distinct disadvantage, for Maitland was well skilled in the art of maintaining his indispensability. Fairbrother, for his part, was only too aware that he dare not dispence with Maitland's services. And so an uneasy truce was declared between them.
As the years went by and the century turned, Samuel Fairbrother saw his children, one by one, leave the big house to make lives for their own--all except his eldest daughter Janet who, by means of a legacy, was enabled to shape the destiny of her father's scattered family and effect the reconciliation that he thought was impossible.
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Book Express (NZ)
Shannon, New Zealand
AbeBooks seller since February 10, 2021
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