Margaret Hale had a life of roses and southern sunshine - until her father's crisis of conscience drags the family north, to Milton, a city of smoke, strikes, and men who measure everything in profit. Here she meets John Thornton: self-made, unyielding, as brutal and compelling as the mills he commands. They should despise each other. But Gaskell does not write simple love stories. Between the clatter of looms and the fury of a workers' uprising, two proud souls discover that the distance between north and south is nothing compared to the distance between pride and understanding. A Victorian masterpiece that will leave Pride and Prejudice fans breathless - fiercer, darker, and infinitely more dangerous.
