Katie Mulholland - Catherine Cookson

Some women are destined to arouse in men either fierce hatred, or an equally fierce desire… Katie Mulholland was such a woman.

At ifteen, a scullery maid in the house of the Rosiers, she was raped by Bernard Rosier, an action that precipitated eighty years of murder, violence and bitter family feuding.

Married twice, to a man who loathed her, then to one who adored her, Katie Mulholland made a rich and powerful impression on all the men and women around her… forging an empire for herself against the background of Tyneside coal mines and shipyards… founding a dynasty in defiance of social conventions and the hatred of the Rosier family.