7 h. ago RICHARD KAY: Joanna Trollope was the Queen of the Aga Saga whose tales of rural infidelity mirrored her own turbulent love life

Much like her heroines she had an often turbulent emotional life. With two broken marriages behind her, she settled for life as a singleton, which she later reckoned had given her the best years of all.

Politics

15 h. ago How the ‘Queen of the Aga Saga’ moniker got Joanna Trollope all wrong

Despite several bestsellers earning her the adoration of millions of fans, the beloved author and acute observer of ordinary life long faced scorn from the literary elite

Politics

17 h. ago Best Joanna Trollope Books: Here are the 10 best novels by the Queen of the Aga Saga according to readers

The author sold more than five million books worldwide.

Politics

19 h. ago 'Queen of the Aga saga' Joanna Trollope dies aged 82: Bestselling author known for tales of romance and intrigue in rural middle England passes away 'peacefully' at home

Ms Trollope, nicknamed the 'Queen of the Aga Saga' due to her fiction about romance and intrigue in middle England, passed away at home in the Cotswolds.

Events

19 h. ago Joanna Trollope death: Bestselling British author behind The Rector’s Wife dies aged 82

Author published a number of books including ‘The Rector’s Wife’ and ‘A Village Affair’

Events

19 h. ago Bestselling author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82 as tributes paid to 'inspirational' writer

Joanna Trollope, a bestselling romance author, has sadly passed away following a literature career spanning decades as her daughters confirmed the sad news of her death

Events

20 h. ago Joanna Trollope, bestselling chronicler of ordinary life, dies aged 82

Her novels, including A Village Affair and Other People’s Children, drew on what Fay Weldon called a ‘gift for putting her finger on the problem of the times’British novelist Joanna Trollope, whose portrayals of British domestic life made her one of the nation’s most widely read authors, has died at the age of 82.Trollope published more than 30 novels during a writing career that began in 1980. Her early works, written under the pseudonym Caroline Harvey, were historical romances, but from the mid-1980s onward, she turned to contemporary fiction, a shift that would define her reputation. Continue reading...

Events