Barbara Taylor Bradford

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1974
  • Latest Book:
    December 2023
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About the Author

Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds, and by the age of twenty was an editor and columnist on Fleet Street. Her first novel, 'A Woman of Substance', became an enduring bestseller and was followed by twenty-one others, including the bestselling Harte series. In 2006 'The Ravenscar Dynasty' began an epic new family series around Ravenscar and the house of Deravenel. Barbara's books have sold more than eighty-one million copies worlwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages, and ten mini-series and television movies have been made of her books. In October 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for heer services to literature. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.

Full Series List in Order

Cavendon Hall

1 - Cavendon Hall (Apr-2014)
2 - The Cavendon Women (Mar-2015)
3 - The Cavendon Luck (Jun-2016)
4 - Secrets of Cavendon (Nov-2017)

The Harte Family

1 - A Woman of Substance (Jan-1979)
2 - Hold the Dream (May-1986)
3 - To Be the Best (Jun-1988)
4 - Emma's Secret (Jan-2004)
5 - Unexpected Blessings (Sep-2004)
6 - Just Rewards (Jul-2005)
7 - Breaking the Rules (Oct-2009)
8 - A Man of Honor (Aug-2022)

House of Falconer

1 - Master of His Fate (Nov-2018)
2 - In the Lion's Den (Nov-2020)
3 - The Wonder of It All (Dec-2023)

Ravenscar Dynasty

1 - The Ravenscar Dynasty (Jan-2007)
2 - The Heir // Heirs of Ravenscar (Nov-2007)
3 - Being Elizabeth (Aug-2008)

Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • The Triumph of Lydia Cave

  • A Woman of Substance

    The Harte Family - 1

    Determined to rise above all that she has ever known, a young and impoverished Emma Harte embarks on a journey first of survival, then of unimaginable achievement. Driven to succeed, the iron-willed Emma parlays a small shop into the world's greatest...

  • Voice of the Heart

    With her stunning beauty, brilliant talent, and almost magical allure, the irresistible Katherine Tempest has the world at her feet. Her rise from unknown actress to Hollywood legend is one marked by dazzling performances and a carefully concealed, y...

  • Act of Will

    Audra...a hospital nurse who knows the pain of poverty, who experiences great love and great sacrifice to forge her dream for the daughter she adores above all else. Christina...her brilliantly gifted daughter who rises to build a fashion empire, den...

  • Hold the Dream

    The Harte Family - 2

    EMMA'S GLITTERING DREAM CONOUERS A NEW GENERATION Ablaze with all the sweep, grandeur, and dynamic characters that made A Woman of Substance a legend worldwide, Barbara Taylor Bradford's spellbinding sequel begins as fiery Emma Harte shocks the wo...

  • To Be the Best

    The Harte Family - 3

    Emma Harte's courageous and passionate granddaughter and heir, Paula McGill O'Neill, reigns as head of the family and it's elegant business empire. Possessed of Emma's strength and compassion, Paula has successfully lavished equal attention on the bu...

  • The Women in His Life

    From the #1 New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes a billionaire tycoon’s lifelong search for the right woman’s love.   Born in Berlin and orphaned by World War II, Maxim Westheim is left to fend for himself. With ...

  • Remember

    Television war correspondent Nicky Wells is a media superstar. Courageous, beautiful and renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the world's most dangerous trouble spots, her life is shattered when she loses the only man she ever truly loved -- da...

  • Angel

    A saga of friendship and fame, secrets, and success from the #1 New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of A Woman of Substance.   Orphaned at a young age, the lives of Rosie, Gavin, Nell, and Kevin are irrevocably intertwined. Rising from poverty, ...



  • Everything to Gain

    MALLORY KESWICK LIVED A PERFECT LIFE -- UNTIL THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED Mallory Keswick revels in the happiness she has found with her successful husband and their six-year-old twins. Living in Manhattan and Connecticut, she earns the love and resp...

  • Dangerous to Know

    Sebastian Locke, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of a powerful American family, is handsome, charismatic and a man of immense charm and intelligence. He is the chairman of the philanthropic Locke Foundation, funded by the bast family fortune built b...

  • Love in Another Town

    Estranged from his wife, Amy, Jake Cantrell feels his life has stalled as he approaches his twenty-ninth birthday. Seeking a divorce and distance, he has moved to the town of Kent, Connecticut, to concentrate on his new electrical contracting busines...

  • A Secret Affair

    At thirty-three, Bill Fitzgerald, acclaimed American television foreign correspondent, is war-weary and exhausted after a long stint in Bosnia. In late November of 1995, he travels to Venice to meet Francis Xavier Peterson, an old friend and a war co...

  • Her Own Rules

    SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HER TRAUMATIC PAST UNTIL SHE WAS FORCED TO REMEMBER IT ALL Meredith Stratton seems to have everything she could want as a successful businesswoman and owner of six elegant inns all over the world. Suddenly, at a seemingly happy t...

  • Power of a Woman

    No Matter How Much a Woman Has, There's Always too Much to Lose Stephanie Jardine is at the apex of her career and life running the American branch of Jardine's, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of London. A young widow, she has three grown sons ...

  • A Sudden Change of Heart

    Some secrets are too terrible to share--even with your best friend. Nothing hurts like the truth. A truth that has haunted Claire Benson all her life. A truth that Claire has revealed to no one, not even her best friend, international art dealer L...

  • Where You Belong

    Val Denning, a willowy war photographer, left her American family--and cruelly unloving mother--for a life abroad and a life of danger. But Val's dazzling world of work, risk, and love has suddenly come apart. An assignment in Kosovo left her lover d...

  • The Triumph of Katie Byrne

    Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy.  Her friend Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for herself but also for her two old friends...

  • Three Weeks in Paris

    Legendary storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford presents a spellbinding story of four women transformed by old memories and surprising revelations when they meet again at a school reunion in Paris. As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of...



  • Emma's Secret

    The Harte Family - 4

    Barbara Taylor Bradford captivated millions of readers with her saga of the indomitable Emma Harte. Now her unforgettable story continues in this novel of the sacrifice and secrets that shadow her extraordinary heritage... A LEGACY FOR THREE WOMEN.....

  • Unexpected Blessings

    The Harte Family - 5

    Evan, Tessa, Linnet, and India: four remarkable women. Three generations of Hartes. One indomitable family whose loyalty binds them together and whose enemies want to tear them apart. Evan Hughes, Emma's American great-granddaughter, is trying to ...

  • Just Rewards

    The Harte Family - 6

    From the blockbuster bestselling author comes the dramatic conclusion to the saga that began with Emma Harte and A Woman of Substance Four women at a crossroads. A family in crisis. And an enemy planning for his long-awaited chance at revenge. Who wi...

  • The Ravenscar Dynasty

    Ravenscar Dynasty - 1

    Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford introduced the illustrious Harte family in her blockbuster A Woman of Substance. Now she has created a powerful new cast of characters whose lives are filled with drama and danger, romance and revenge: the D...

  • The Heir // Heirs of Ravenscar

    Ravenscar Dynasty - 2

    WHO WILL RULE THIS FAMILY'S EMPIRE? The Deravenels: Their business empire is worth billions, their influence stretches across the globe. And Edward, the dashing and charismatic chosen son, is the king of his company at last. He has survived harrowing...

  • Being Elizabeth

    Ravenscar Dynasty - 3

    At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It's a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots tha...

  • Breaking the Rules

    The Harte Family - 7

    Following a terrifying encounter, a beautiful young woman flees her quiet English countryside in search of a new life. She adopts the initial M as her name and embarks on a journey that will lead her onto the catwalks of Paris to New York, where she ...

  • Playing the Game

    From the blockbuster bestselling author of A Woman of Substance and The Ravenscar Dynasty comes an explosive novel about one woman's remarkable journey to success. Annette Remmington is a London art consultant and private dealer. With a roster of ...

  • Letter from a Stranger

    Justine Nolan is a documentary film maker who lost her beloved grandmother a decade ago -- the person who was the only source of love and comfort in her life. Her own mother Deborah had always been distant and uninvolved, following her own agenda in...

  • Secrets from the Past

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful and emotional novel about one woman’s quest to uncover long-buried secrets about her family--secrets she will stop at nothing to uncover, no matter the consequences. At thirty, American...



  • Cavendon Hall

    Cavendon Hall - 1

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic saga of intrigue and mystique set in Edwardian England. Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbr...

  • The Cavendon Women

    Cavendon Hall - 2

    Cavendon Women, the stunning sequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's Cavendon Hall follows the Inghams' and the Swanns' journey from a family weekend in the summer of 1926 through to the devastation of the Wall Street crash of 1929. It all begins on a su...

  • The Cavendon Luck

    Cavendon Hall - 3

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating epic saga of courage and honor, following the aristocratic Inghams and the loyal Swann family who have served them for centuries. It is 1938 in England, and Miles and Cecily Ingham ...

  • Secrets of Cavendon

    Cavendon Hall - 4

    A striking, breathtaking saga featuring the aristocratic Inghams and the Swann family, who have loyally served them for generations. It’s the summer of 1949, and things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall for years, with very few quarrels, dramas...

  • Damaged

    A gripping and dramatic short read from the master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford.

    Beautiful, artistic and creative, Allison Jones is a force to be reckoned with. Growing up amongst a family of men, she is the treasured gem at the heart...

  • Master of His Fate

    House of Falconer - 1

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the first book in a stunning new historical saga. Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer, who spends his days working...

  • In the Lion's Den

    House of Falconer - 2

    From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the highly anticipated second book in the House of Falconer saga. James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, he...

  • A Man of Honor

    The Harte Family - 8

    The prequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's New York Times bestselling and dazzling saga A Woman of Substance.Opening five years before the start of A Woman of Substance, A Man of Honor begins with 13-year-old Blackie O’Neill facing an uncertain futur...

  • The Wonder of It All

    House of Falconer - 3

    From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the long-anticipated final novel in the House of Falconer trilogy.James Falconer--a tycoon and a self-made man--seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But the Great War l...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Barbara Taylor Bradford has published 38 books.

Barbara Taylor Bradford does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Wonder of It All, was published in December 2023.

The first book by Barbara Taylor Bradford, The Triumph of Lydia Cave, was published in June 1974.

Yes. Barbara Taylor Bradford has 4 series.
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