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Hold the Dream
Barbara Taylor Bradford
From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes the continuing story of indomitable heroine, Emma HarteEmma Harte was the heroine of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s multi-million copy bestseller, A Woman of Substance.Now she is eighty years old and ready to hand over the reins of the vast business empire she has created.To her favourite grandchild, Paula McGill Fairley, Emma bequeaths her mighty retailing empire with these heartfelt words: ‘I charge you to hold my dream.’A towering international success, this is the powerfully moving tale of one woman’s determination to ‘hold the dream’ which was entrusted to her, and in so doing find the happiness and passion which is her legacy.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Hold the Dream
Copyright (#ulink_1e4c5e5f-147a-553d-8feb-f5c3ae41fc52)
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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This paperback edition 2004
First published in paperback by Grafton 1986
First published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1985
Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 1985
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Dedication (#ulink_c7376d52-21dd-5adf-b348-48342bdab4b0)
For Bob – who makes everything possible
for me, with my love.
Epigraph (#ulink_0d0142fc-f59c-585a-af56-7ec68a31990d)
‘She possessed, in the highest degree,
all the qualities which were required in a
great Prince.’
GIOVANNI SCARAMELLI,
Venetian Ambassador
to the Court of Elizabeth Tudor,
Queen of England
‘I would have you know that this kingdom
of mine is not so scant of men but there be
a rogue or two among them.’
ELIZABETH TUDOR, Queen of England
Contents
Cover (#ubde91d91-5d28-5ab5-88fa-ef5bc227d72b)
Title Page (#ue2e4e0a6-c6d4-5bf9-b86b-5ad8b89d2130)
Copyright (#ulink_ad341617-5097-5cd2-8b5d-a76287066c90)
Dedication (#ulink_63b33d4a-b36f-5e31-8d12-a165c27f295f)
Epigraph (#ulink_5f3e0a4f-d62a-5b61-ae8d-754a566856c0)
Family Tree (#ulink_82e849ff-4bdb-5ee7-8ed7-24a7b221d379)
Book One: Matriarch (#ulink_3e628d36-68aa-500f-ac45-7d829bcb9f25)
Chapter 1 (#ulink_6db092c3-d461-5d50-9c94-4af40e908a76)
Chapter 2 (#ulink_0061436b-1fda-5387-a8db-7beda0c08fde)
Chapter 3 (#ulink_c6501a25-5638-57d3-b4bc-b39776dd92c9)
Chapter 4 (#ulink_c9fc463f-8328-5dc7-bd24-8800a4724175)
Chapter 5 (#ulink_a2f85c69-d9b8-5d13-b64c-bdb4be0bf27b)
Chapter 6 (#ulink_a08a207f-278a-5438-a327-8e3d29ddf1bf)
Chapter 7 (#ulink_58f4082d-65cc-5bb9-87e9-b74b3379da21)
Chapter 8 (#ulink_f6f5e046-8112-55f4-a9e4-c0215aecf3be)
Chapter 9 (#ulink_6412a30e-4403-5781-afc6-a5d558f0bc0c)
Chapter 10 (#ulink_202a3513-04b3-5438-8034-062d17796df5)
Chapter 11 (#ulink_c5ba6f07-a363-530d-be31-b7977da951f0)
Chapter 12 (#ulink_6da5b370-29c9-5f1e-a5d4-502b014f568b)
Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
Book Two: Heiress (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43 (#litres_trial_promo)
Book Three: Tycoon (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54 (#litres_trial_promo)
