the upstart - Catherine Cookson
KORTE INHOUD
Sudenly risen from shoemaker to a position of power and influence, Samuel Fairbrother decides that his new station in life deserves a more imposing residence. And se he mover his family into a mansion. With the house comes Maitland, a hostile butler who vieves Samuel as nothing more than an upstart.
As the century turns, Samuel's children grow up and move away - all except his eldest daughter Janet. And when the scattered family seems increasingly irreoncilable, it is Janet who holds the key to het farter's ultimate happiness.
As the century turns, Samuel's children grow up and move away - all except his eldest daughter Janet. And when the scattered family seems increasingly irreoncilable, it is Janet who holds the key to het farter's ultimate happiness.
