In the Lion's Den by Barbara Taylor Bradford

She published her first novel, A Woman of Substance, in 1979, and it has become an enduring bestseller.īarbara Taylor Bradford’s books are published in over 90 countries in 40 languages, with sales figures in excess of 88 million. By the age of twenty, she was an editor and columnist on Fleet Street. She was born in Leeds, England, and from an early age, she was a voracious reader: at age 12, she had already read all of Dickens and the Brontë sisters. Spanning the years from 1889 to 1892, In the Lion's Den is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her historical storytelling best.īarbara Taylor Bradford is the author of 30 bestselling novels, including The Cavendon Women, Cavendon Hall, and The Ravenscar Dynasty. Can James continue to be the master of his own fate, or will all of his charm, intelligence, and wit finally fail him when he has to enter the lion's den? And his distaste for Alexis Malvern is slowly growing into feelings of quite a different sort.

Ward, James' former paramour, has a secret that could change his life forever.

But even a charmed life like James' is not without its setbacks.Ī terrible fire threatens to end his merchant career before it's had a chance to truly begin. With Malvern's daughter Alexis running away to the country after a terrible tragedy and refusing to return, James' ascent to head of the company seems inevitable. James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the highly anticipated second book in the House of Falconer saga.

In the Lion's Den by Barbara Taylor Bradford