Cavendon Hall, Barbara Taylor Bradford
Cavendon Hall, Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Cavendon Hall
A Novel

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Unabridged: 13 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2014


Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic saga of intrigue and mystique set in Edwardian England. Cavendon Hall is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her very best, and its sweeping story of secrets, love, honor, and betrayal will have readers riveted up to the very last word.

Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children. Walter Swann, the premier male of the Swann family, is valet to the earl. His wife Alice, a clever seamstress who is in charge of the countess's wardrobe, also makes clothes for the four daughters. For centuries, these two families have lived side-by-side, beneath the backdrop of the imposing Yorkshire manor. Lady Daphne, the most beautiful of the Earl's daughters, is about to be presented at court when a devastating event changes her life and threatens the Ingham name.

With World War I looming, both families will find themselves tested in ways they never thought possible. Loyalties will be challenged and betrayals will be set into motion. In this time of uncertainty, one thing is sure: these two families will never be the same again.

About Barbara Taylor Bradford

Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE, is one of the world's best loved storytellers. Her 1979 debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all-time, with more than 30 million copies in print. All her novels to date have been major worldwide bestsellers.Barbara was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, the only child of Freda and Winston Taylor. She grew up in the Leeds suburb of Armley and left school at 15 for the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post. At 16 she was a reporter, and at 18 she became the paper’s first woman’s page editor. By the time she was 20, she had moved to London where she became a fashion editor and columnist on Fleet Street. Barbara started writing fiction when she was just seven, and sold her first short story to a magazine for seven shillings and sixpence when she was ten years old.Barbara’s books have sold more than 91 million copies worldwide in more than 90 countries and 40 languages. Ten of her books were made into Emmy-nominated miniseries and television movies by her late husband, the film producer Robert Bradford.In 2007, Barbara was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her contributions to literature. A passionate supporter of literacy, she is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust; in 2019 she was made an ambassador for Women in Journalism and in the same year she was presented with The Leeds Award, which recognised her loyalty to, and depiction of, her Yorkshire roots. Her original manuscripts are archived at the Brotherton Library at Leeds University, alongside the works of the Brontë sisters. She lives in New York City.Her official website is: www.barbarataylorbradford.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on May 05, 2014

Cavendon Hall sat on my Amazon Wishlist for months as I awaited it's release. Historical Fiction is by far my favorite genre of literary escape, and as a reader who immensely enjoyed BTB's Ravenscar Series, I was excited to read her foray into historical fiction. Unfortunately, I was sorely disappoin......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on July 11, 2017

I was quite hesitant to pick this book up because the last one I read by this author was SO terrible. But I'm quite pleased to see that this one was heaps better and I actually quite enjoyed it! I'm always a fan of a good historical fiction story! What I especially enjoyed about this book was that w......more

Goodreads review by Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) on June 29, 2018

I usually love these type of reads and get caught up and whisked away to a different time and place but I just couldn't get into this like I wanted to. I found myself skimming over the too long details and trying to get to the heart of the story and while that story was a good but sad one, this still......more

Goodreads review by The Book Maven on April 16, 2014

In a nutshell: Downton Abbey meets Danielle Steel. Except…I enjoy both Steel and Downton Abbey more than this novel, a tome overstuffed with one very, very tediously blessed aristocratic family and their abnormally loyal retainers in Edwardian England. The Inghams of Cavendon Hall are more than usua......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on February 04, 2014

Cavendon Hall starts in 1913, and tells a tale of an aristocratic family, the Inghams, and their ever loyal aides, the Swanns. For over 160 years, the Swanns have served the Inghams, through births, deaths, weddings, and deepest darkest secrets, and are loyal until their last breaths. When an unthin......more


Quotes

“First there was A Woman of Substance . . . and now from the same author comes an evocative and captivating story, filled with fascinating and compelling characters, drama, intrigue, love, passion, and revenge . . . set against the backdrop of a great ancestral home in Yorkshire. Vintage storytelling from 'Britain's premier romantic novelist.'” —Daily Mail on Cavendon Hall