The Upstart: A Novel

From Simon & Schuster, The Upstart is Catherine Cookson's latest work of unforgettable fiction.

As a man who has clawed his way to the top in late nineteenth-century England, Samuel Fairbrother sees the purchase of a mansion on the outskirts of Fellburn as a fitting display of wealth, but his clashes with the disdainful butler Maitland almost destroy Samuel's family.