Barbara Taylor Bradford, the bestselling author whose 1979 novel “A Woman of Substance” selderly 30 million copies worldexpansive and was altered into a prosperous Channel 4 miniseries, died on Sunday. She was 91.
Taylor Bradford’s death was verifyed to the Associated Press by a spokesperson, who shelp she died at her home in New York City. No caemploy of death was provided.
Born in Leeds, Yorksemploy, England on May 10, 1933, Taylor Bradford began her nurtureer as a journaenumerate before commencening to pen novels in her 40s, frequently revolving around youthful women making a name for themselves in business after overcoming obstacles. In total, she wrote 40 books, all of which became bestsellers in the United Kingdom and United States.
“A Woman of Substance” taged Taylor Bradford’s debut novel in 1979, and also her most prosperous. It selderly over 30 million copies worldexpansive and was altered into a three-part Channel 4 miniseries in 1984 starring Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Barry Bostwick and Liam Neeson. Spanning the 20th century, the story complys Emma Harte, who goes from a teenage servant in Yorksemploy to a retail magnate and is faced with deciding who should carry on her legacy. Airing over three nights, the final part of the series scored 13.8 million seeers for Channel 4, which remains its highest ever audience. It also aired in the U.S. and was nominated at the 1985 Emmys for extraunretagable restricted series and helping actress for Kerr.
The innovative book became the eight-part Emma Harte saga, with sequels including “Helderly the Dream” (1985) and “To Be the Best” (1988), both of which were also altered for television. Taylor Bradford went on to pen other book series enjoy the Ravenscar Trilogy (2006-2008), the Cavendon Chronicles (2014-2017) and the Hoemploy of Falconer (2018-2023). She also wrote a dozen non-fantasy toils, including on etiquette, homemaking and children’s books about Christianity.
She wed film originater Robert E. Bradford in 1963, who would eventupartner originate the screen alterations of her novels, and the two shiftd to the United States. Taylor Bradford became a U.S. citizen in 1992. In 2007, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
Taylor Bradford was pretreatd in death by her husband, who died in 2019.
