Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91.
Author described as ‘the grande dame of blockbusters’ wrote 40 novels, selling more than 91m copies, and were published in more than 40 languages and in 90 countries.
Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and has since sold more than 30m copies globally. Six sequels in the Emma Harte saga followed, and a long-awaited prequel, A Man of Honour, was published in 2021. Ten of the author’s books were adapted for screen by her husband, starring actors including Liam Neeson, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and Elizabeth Hurley.