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Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in Leeds. She left school at 15 for the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post.
At 16, she became a reporter on the paper and, at 18, its first Woman’s Editor. Aged 20, she moved to London and became a columnist and editor on Fleet Street.
Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, is one of the bestselling novels of all time and Barbara’s books have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. In 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature.
Barbara was married to her beloved husband, television and film producer Robert Bradford, for 55 years until he died in 2019. She continued to live in New York and write novels, her last entitled The Wonder of It All, until she died in November 2024.
<p>Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford:</p>
<p>‘The storyteller of substance.’ The Times</p>
<p>'Queen of the genre.' Sunday Times</p>
<p>‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinning yarns.’ Guardian</p>
Love, passion, duty and honour collide as the members of this extraordinary dynasty try to protect their family name at all costs.
Linnet O'Neill, heir apparent to Emma Harte and all she created, is determined to bring the Harte empire into the twenty-first century. But she and her mother Paula, head of the dynasty, lock horns. When Paula falls dangerously ill, Linnet is suddenly alone at the helm, just as her great-grandmother Emma once was.
Linnet finds herself following in the footsteps of the original woman of substance as she battles to save what Emma created – upsetting her sister Tessa, who believes herself to be the rightful heir, in the process.
Meanwhile, Emma's American great-granddaughter Evan faces her own headache. Her adopted sister Angharad is making trouble in the family, latching on to Jonathan Ainsley – deadly enemy of the Hartes – and so putting them all in danger.
And when grief and heartbreak strike the family, all of Emma's great-granddaughters are tested to the limit as the extraordinary story of the Harte family takes another astonishing turn …
A gripping historical suspense novel
A gripping historical suspense novel
• Emma’s Secret went to number 2 in the Sunday Times paperback chart and has sold over 250, 000 copies to date.
• Emma’s Secret and Unexpected Blessings featuring Emma Harte – the original Woman of Substance – reinvigorated Barbara Taylor Bradford’s sales and profile dramatically.
• The novels featuring Emma Harte – the original Woman of Substance – are the strongest selling.
• Major marketing campaign for the dramatic final chapter in an extraordinary and much-loved series.
• Barbara Taylor Bradford commands sales and star status in ninety countries and forty languages with over seventy-five million copies of her books in print.
Competition: Something Dangerous;A Question of Trust;Silent Night;Missing Sister;Last Letter Home. Danielle Steel;Penny Vincenzi;Lucinda Riley;Rachel Hore;Lesley Pearse;Santa Montefiore;Dinah Jefferies;Philippa Gregory;Lucy Worsley
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in Leeds. She left school at 15 for the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post.
At 16, she became a reporter on the paper and, at 18, its first Woman’s Editor. Aged 20, she moved to London and became a columnist and editor on Fleet Street.
Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, is one of the bestselling novels of all time and Barbara’s books have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. In 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature.
Barbara was married to her beloved husband, television and film producer Robert Bradford, for 55 years until he died in 2019. She continued to live in New York and write novels, her last entitled The Wonder of It All, until she died in November 2024.