Best-Selling Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford Dies
Barbara Taylor Bradford by © Dan Callister
Author Barbara Taylor Bradford, known for best-selling novels including A Woman of Substance, has died at the age of 91.
Published in 1979, A Woman of Substance sold 30 million copies and spawned seven sequels and a TV adaptation, which is still the most-watched programme in Channel 4's history.
Paying tribute, her publisher and editor Lynne Drew said: "Dominating the bestseller lists, she broke new ground with her sweeping epic novels spanning generations, novels which were resolutely not romances, and she epitomised the woman of substance she created, particularly with her ruthless work ethic."
