The Black Candle by Catherine Cookson

One determined woman shapes generations of destiny

Vintage book in Good Condition – noticeable cover, spine and edge wear with heavy page tanning.

Bridget Dean Mordaunt inherits her father’s businesses at fifteen and, by 1880, runs them with formidable skill and independence. Her path becomes entangled with the impoverished Filmore family when her reckless cousin Victoria falls for the fortune-hunting Lionel Filmore of decaying Grove House. Bridget has no illusions about him, but Victoria’s happiness matters deeply to her. From that choice emerges a pattern of loyalty, ambition, love and betrayal that reaches across generations, drawing Bridget ever closer to the Filmores and testing her strength against both remarkable goodness and devastating cruelty.