the page-turning howarth saga continues! for fans of nadine dorries, maeve binchy, freda lightfoot and dilly court. can each of the howarth children find their place in the world?lancashire, 1785although they were all raised together at kit's hill, ned and dorcas howarth's three children prove to have very different callings. headstrong charlotte raises a family in london, while helping to run her husband's radical press. dick's love of the land and his childhood home prompts him to follow in his father's footsteps as an honest yeoman farmer. and ambitious william, a blacksmith's apprentice, dreams of becoming master of his own ironworks. living in a time of great change and turbulence, all three must keep their nerve to succeed on their chosen paths... the ironmaster is the second book in the brief chronicles, a gripping family saga set in rural lancashire during the industrial revolution. 'powerful ... a splendid read and a worthy successor to kit's hill' - yorkshire post the brief chronicles series: book one: kit's hillbook two: the ironmasterbook three: the vivian inheritancebook four: the northern correspondent