Barbara Taylor Bradford



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Barbara Taylor Bradford

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born
in Leeds, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
May 10, 1933

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Barbara Taylor Bradford is the author of 25 bestselling novels, including Playing the Game, Breaking the Rules, and The Ravenscar Dynasty. She was born in Leeds, England, and from an early age, she was a voracious reader: at age 12, she had already read all of Dickens and the Brontë sisters. By the age of twenty, she was an editor and columnist on Fleet Street. She published her first novel, A Woman of Substance, in 1979, and it has become an enduring bestseller.

Barbara Taylor Bradford’s books are published in over 90 countries in 40 languages, with sales figures in excess of 82 million. Ten of her novels have been adapted into television mini-series starring actors including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, Deborah Kerr and Elizabeth Hurl...more


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Barbara Taylor Bradford's Books

Average rating: 3.84 · 32,089 ratings · 1,691 reviews · 78 distinct works · Similar authors
A Woman of Substance (Emma ...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 12,678 ratings — published 1979 — 42 editions
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Hold the Dream (Emma Harte ...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,008 ratings — published 1985 — 27 editions
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To Be the Best (Emma Harte...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,763 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions
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Emma's Secret (Emma Harte S...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,321 ratings — published 2004 — 27 editions
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Unexpected Blessings (Emma ...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 2004 — 21 editions
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Just Rewards (Emma Harte Sa...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 876 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions
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A Sudden Change of Heart
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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The Ravenscar Dynasty
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions
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Three Weeks in Paris
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 2002 — 24 editions
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Everything to Gain
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1994 — 20 editions
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Series by Barbara Taylor Bradford

A Woman of Substance Hold the Dream To Be the Best Emma's Secret Unexpected Blessings Just Rewards Breaking the Rules
Emma Harte Saga (7 books)
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4.012933138116154 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 20,490 ratings
The Ravenscar Dynasty The Heir Being Elizabeth
Ravenscar (3 books)
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3.418041237113402 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 1,940 ratings

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“We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, A Woman of Substance
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“Successful women don't sleep until noon.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, Being Elizabeth
tags: success-strategies
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“The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, Unexpected Blessings
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