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Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

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About this author

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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Average rating: 3.76 · 17,477 ratings · 1,182 reviews · 75 distinct works
A Woman of Substance (Emma ...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 5,479 ratings — published 1979 — 33 editions
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Hold the Dream (Emma Harte ...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 1,128 ratings — published 1985 — 22 editions
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To Be the Best (Emma Harte...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 982 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
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Emma's Secret (Emma Harte S...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 857 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions
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Unexpected Blessings (Emma ...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 720 ratings — published 2005 — 19 editions
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Just Rewards (Emma Harte Sa...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 560 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions
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A Sudden Change of Heart
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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The Ravenscar Dynasty
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions
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Three Weeks in Paris
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions
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The Heir
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2007 — 19 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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3.9580156451133774 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 10,099 ratings
The Ravenscar Dynasty The Heir Being Elizabeth
Ravenscar (3 books)
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3.323767476085357 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 1,359 ratings

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Quotes by Barbara Taylor Bradford

“Successful women don't sleep until noon.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, Being Elizabeth
tags: success-strategies
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“What is done can never be undone.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford
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“She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, To Be the Best
tags: destiny , love
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