Publisher's Synopsis
It was the year of 1864, and the great city of Mancheser was Cotonopolis, rising with the sound of industry, and the boom of a hundred mills. At the heart of its energies was John Rylands, 'the greatest merchant prince the world has ever seen'. This is the story of an empire built by a true Mancheser man, given meaning and worth by the extraordinary woman who loved him.
