The Woman of Substance: The Life and Work of Barbara Taylor Bradford - Hardcover

For the first time ever, a fascinating look at the remarkable life of Barbara Taylor Bradford, one of the world’s bestselling authors, which is every bit as dramatic as any of her novels.

From her childhood in Leeds, and her meteoric rise to editor on Fleet Street at the age of 20, to her amazing career as one of the world’s best-loved and most successful novelists, this is an intimate look at an extraordinary woman.

This is the first time Barbara Taylor Bradford has collaborated on a memoir of her amazing life. Full of revelations, it’s as absorbing a read as any one of her bestsellers.

Piers Dudgeon is a writer, ediitor and photographer. Born in 1949, he worked for ten years as a publisher in London before starting his own company and developing books with authors as diverse as John Fowles, Ted Hughes, Daphne du Maurier, Catherine Cookson, Peter Ackroyd and Susan Hill. In 1993, he moved from London to a village on the North Yorkshire moors. He has written ten works of non-fiction, including the no. 1 bestselling biography of Catherine Cookson, The Girl from Leam Lane, as well as feature articles for the Observer, the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday.