Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91

The bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died, at the age of 91.

Her 40 books sold more than 91 million copies.

She began as a typist, then journalist at the Yorkshire Evening Post in Leeds before ‘A Woman of Substance’ turned her into an overnight success.

Jenny Seagrove played the lead in Channel 4’s adaptation of ‘A Woman of Substance’.