01689cam a2200337 i 4500 2767284302 TxAuBib 20260527120000.0 210628s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021031621 9781250187451 1250187451 (OCoLC)1227086607 TxAuBib rda Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-, author. A man of honor / Barbara Taylor Bradford. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021. 453 p. ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Prequel to: A Woman of Substance. Thirteen-year-old Blackie O'Neill facing an uncertain future in rural County Kerry. Orphaned and alone, he has just buried his sister, Bronagh, and must leave his home to set sail for England, in search of a better life with his mother's brother in Leeds. There, he learns his trade as a navvy, amid the grand buildings and engineering triumphs of one of England's most prosperous cities, and starts to dream of greater things... High on the Yorkshire moors, in the mists of a winter morning he meets a kitchen maid called Emma Harte. Readers discover his story, and like his friend Emma, he is ambitious, driven, disciplined, and determined to make it to the top. 20260527. O'Neill, Blackie (Fictitious character) Fiction. Harte, Emma (Fictitious character) Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Businessmen Fiction. England Fiction. TXMOO