Taylor Caldwell

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born

September 07, 1900 in Manchester, The United Kingdom

died

August 30, 1985

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner.

Taylor Caldwell was born in Manchester, England, into a family of Scottish background. Her family descended from the Scottish clan of MacGregor of which the Taylors are a subsidiary clan. In 1907 she emigrated to the United States with her parents and younger brother. Her father died shortly after the move, and the family struggled. At the age of eight she started to write stories, and in fact wrote her first novel, The Romance of Atlantis, at the age of twelve[1] (although it remained unpublished until 1975). Her father did not approve such activity for women, and sent her to work in a bindery. She continued to write prolifically, however, despite ill health. (In 1947, according t...more

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Books by Taylor Caldwell

Average rating: 3.95 · 8,151 ratings · 484 reviews · 56 distinct works

	Captains and the Kings 4.01 avg rating — 2,689 ratings — published 1972 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Dear and Glorious Physician 4.15 avg rating — 1,102 ratings — published 1958 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Great Lion of God 3.98 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Testimony of Two Men 4.03 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1968 — 10 editions	My rating:
	A Pillar of Iron 4.09 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 1966 — 11 editions	My rating:
	I, Judas 3.80 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Answer as a Man 3.70 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Listener 3.94 avg rating — 211 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ceremony of the Innocent 3.81 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Glory and the Lightning 4.01 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1974 — 9 editions	My rating:

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Barbours/Bouchards (3 books)
by Taylor Caldwell

3.85 avg rating — 134 ratings

Quotes by Taylor Caldwell

“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
― Taylor Caldwell

tags: humor , politics

40 people liked it

“I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses.”
― Taylor Caldwell

23 people liked it

“You can be happy with money and you can be wretched with it. It depends on what kind of person you are. -- A Prologue to Love”
― Taylor Caldwell

tags: happiness , life , love , money

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