This is sad news that the literary world learned this Monday, November 25. Barbara Taylor Bradford, the renowned British novelist, born in 1933 in Leeds, England, has died. Known for her captivating stories and strong female characters, she left an indelible mark on the world of literature. She started her career at a very young age. first as a journalist as a typist at the local newspaper Yorkshire Evening Postbefore finally being promoted to reporter. At the age of 20, she headed to London where she worked as a journalist at London Evening News. She climbs the ranks to become a fashion editor au be you magazine Woman’s Own then columnist on subjects relating to interior decoration for more than 180 newspapers. It was ultimately towards writing novels that she turned and found her happiness. His first book, “The Space of a Life” (A Woman of Substance), published in 1979, became a worldwide bestseller.
The story of this novel? “In the autumn of her life, Emma Harte remembers… At the dawn of the 20th century, in a remote village in the English countryside, young Emma, fourteen years old, works the hard job of kitchen maid in the Fairley Hall manor It is there that, in the middle of an indecent display of wealth, the adolescent, whose mother, exhausted and seriously ill, has just died at thirty-three years old in total destitution. an oath: an one day she will be rich”. This work which recounts the rise of Emma Harte met so successful that it was adapted into a television miniseries, thus propelling Barbara Taylor Bradford into the limelight. But the writer will unfortunately no longer make us benefit from her art since her death was announced this Monday, November 25 by her publishing house. The one who has sold more than 90 million copies of her books around the world took his last breath at the age of 91. She died out.”peacefully” at his home Sunday, November 24 “surrounded by loved ones”indicated HarperCollins on its social networks. His private funeral will take place in New York, where she had made her home since the 1960s with her husband, Robert Bradford, an American film producer.
A writer Officer of the Order of the British Empire
With more than 30 novels to her credit, Barbara Taylor Bradford has seen her books translated into more than 40 languages! She received numerous honors during her life, including being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2007 for her contributions to literature. “Barbara Taylor Bradford was a truly exceptional writerwhose first book, the international bestseller A Woman Of Substance (The Space of a Life, editor's note) changed the lives of so many people who read it.recalled Charlie Redmayne, CEO of HarperCollins. On X, formerly Twitter, the publishing house also wrote: “It is with great sadness that we confirm the passing of our beloved author Barbara Taylor Bradford.”.
