The author-Barbara Taylor Bradford (one of my very favorite ones) described it as a SAGA. It is not. The novel tells stories of a few families: rich and titled and poor, but hard-working and ambitious. Among the latter are Blackie-from the very tender young age and that of Ms. Harte. Both dreaming to become rich and have their own shops and good money to afford great living for future families with children and spouses. Written quite well. The book is just dismembered, to my view.

Written O.K. and is fast-unravelling tale... Of Four characters, that are in this book. A heroine-Amanda, falls finally in real love with a great tender and loving man-Olivier, not aware that he is married (at least, on paper) to a lesbian woman-Stephanie, who had never loved him in her entire "married" life, but left him to his own devices to tend for himself without true family or devotion... And the rendition also include a psychopath-Tom, who had now, after 20 years of his rejection, promised he would kill her (Amanda) if she rejects him again, years ago of their college amore at the College... I read and finished the book in two days. But it's quite disruptive and weird... But it all ends well, at the very end.