Sarah Bradford
Sarah Bradford, Viscountess Bangor (b. 3 September 1938)[1] is an English author, best known for her royal biographies.
Early life and education
Sarah Bradford was born Sarah Hayes in Bournemouth in 1938.[2] She was educated at St. Mary's Convent, Shaftesbury, Dorset. She won a State scholarship to Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
Family, early career
She met Anthony Bradford, a real estate developer, at Oxford, and abandoned her degree to marry him.[2] The couple lived in Barbados, Portugal, and Sardinia; they had two children, but divorced. Sarah Bradford then worked for the manuscript department of the auctioneer Christie's in London, where she met her second husband, William Maxwell David Ward; the two married in 1976.
Historian, screenwriter
She began her career as a writer with her first book The Englishman's Wine, written while she lived in Portugal. She has now published more than a dozen major works. Her husband became 8th Viscount Bangor in 1993.[2] She is fluent in four languages and has travelled extensively. The couple live in London. Bradford assisted with the screenwriting for The Borgias (2011 TV series). She is working on a new biography of Queen Victoria.[2]
Major works
One or more of her books have been translated into each of the following languages: French, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Czech, German, Turkish, Spanish, Finnish, and Japanese.[3]
Biographies
- Cesare Borgia (1976)
- The Borgias (with John Prebble) (1981)
- Disraeli (1982)
- Princess Grace (1984)
- George VI, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1989, ISBN 0-297-79667-4
- The Reluctant King (American version of George VI)
- Splendours and Miseries: A Life of Sacheverell Sitwell (1993)
- Elizabeth: A Biography of Her Majesty the Queen (1996) According to WorldCat, the book is in over 1760 libraries.[3]
- America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2000) According to WorldCat, the book is in over 1650 libraries.[4]
- Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy, published by Viking, 2004, ISBN 0-670-03353-7
- Diana, published by Penguin Group, London, 2006, ISBN 978-0-670-91678-8. According to WorldCat, the book is in over 890 libraries.[5]
- Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Our Times, published by Penguin, London, 2011, ISBN 978-0-670-91911-6
Other books
- The Englishman's Wine: The Story of Port (1969)
- Portugal and Madeira (1969)
- Portugal (1973)
References
- ↑ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 3 September 2014. p. 41.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sarah Bradford: perhaps I got it wrong about the Duke of Edinburgh, but he does like to flirt". Telegraph. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- 1 2 WorldCat book page WorldCat author page
- ↑ "WorldCat book page". Worldcat.org. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ WorldCat book page