Katie Mulholland - Large Print Author:Catherine Cookson The offspring of working class people in a very class conscious England and at fifteen the model of a young nymph, Katie finds work in one of the great houses. There her industry attracts Bernard Rosier, the master, an accomplished seducer who uses force with Katie when charm fails. — Deflowered but not defeated, Katie vows to challenge the Rosie... more »rs on their own terms. How she does this, how she forges a financial empire and founds her own dynasty, is the stuff of this story.« less