To Be the Best

To Be the Best
Barbara Taylor Bradford

Enthralling sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford’s universally loved novels, A Woman of Substance and Hold The Dream.Set in Yorkshire, Hong Kong and America, this remarkable contemporary novel continues the story of an unorthodox and endlessly fascinating family. As the spirit of Emma Harte lives on in her granddaughter, Paula O’Neill, an engrossing drama is played out in the glamorous arena of the wealthy and privileged, underscored by a cut-throat world of jealousy and treachery.Paula must act with daring and courage to preserve her formidable grandmother’s glittering empire from unscrupulous enemies – so that Emma’s precious dream lives on for the next generation…

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

To Be the Best

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First published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1988

Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 1988

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Source ISBN: 9780586070345

Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780007363711

Version: 2017-10-25

DEDICATION (#ulink_22dfe155-e038-5cf7-a336-0b9bf3861231)

For Bob, who is,

with my love.

CONTENTS

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TITLE PAGE (#u0c940c71-e717-5c49-8f08-de5406e56e27)

COPYRIGHT (#ulink_5c0e05fa-e99b-5a95-baf3-0341a9f22845)

DEDICATION (#ulink_2e17f0ea-bd57-5a3b-9d6a-638ff580900e)

PROLOGUE (#ulink_a4728069-6ca7-52e6-9d29-2789a0e4b576)

PART ONE Lovers & Strangers (#ulink_a8bf3834-caba-5d2e-ad30-6f5d40fde33f)

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Chapter 3 (#ulink_f030450f-cf18-57b6-a33c-92df48fc604f)

Chapter 4 (#ulink_24d57c00-bc2b-58dd-abdc-be105344f24c)

Chapter 5 (#ulink_26e72b09-69d3-51e0-8a0a-468a12d4dcfb)

Chapter 6 (#ulink_46946989-d25b-5065-b4d1-1f5d58700090)

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Chapter 8 (#ulink_94a73fec-0d4a-5bd3-95dd-a509c1bc975c)

Chapter 9 (#ulink_215ffe30-a4f5-53f4-b65c-558c918e4d5a)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

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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)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)