The Wonder of It All

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James Falconer returns in the third House of Falconer historical novel from multi-million copy bestseller Barbara Taylor Bradford.
James Falconer has risen from being a barrow boy on a London market to wealthy businessman. But not everything in his life has been as successful as his retail empire. Having lost his wife and now estranged from his only child he volunteers to fight in the Great War. And when he is gravely wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, it changes his outlook forever.

Through his convalescence, James swears to repair his fractured relationship with his daughter and to hold different things dear. But society is changing fast, riven by post-war hardship and yet revolutionised by sweeping changes, from suffragettes winning the vote to motor cars on the streets and biplanes across the Channel. With a new sense of what is really important, James must weather both personal and professional storms to find a happiness beyond his success.

A rich and evocative saga of Britain as it races into the roaring twenties, The Wonder of It All is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her very best.

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Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford

An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion.
New York Times

A mighty saga. Little has been so riveting since Gone With the Wind Evening News

A long, satisfying novel of money, power, passion and revenge, set against the sweep of 20th-century history.
Los Angeles Times

Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the worlds best at spinning yarns Guardian

A classic saga of loyalty, secrets, passion and intrigue if youve been suffering withdrawal symptoms from Downton, this is for you Daily Mail

A stately home, a dangerous secret and two families whose fates have been intertwined for generations a gripping period piece set on the brink of the Great War. Exquisite escapism of the highest order The Lady

Author Bio

Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds, and by the age of twenty was an editor and columnist on Fleet Street. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, became an enduring worldwide bestseller. Her novels have sold more than eighty-five million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages, and ten mini-series and television movies have been made of her books. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.