Taylor caldwell biography
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Taylor Caldwell
Born
in Manchester, The United KingdomSeptember 07,
Died
August 30,
Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner.
Taylor Caldwell was born in Manchester, England. In she emigrated to the United States with her parents and younger brother. Her father died shortly after the move, and the family struggled. At the age of eight she started to write stories, and in fact wrote her first novel, The Romance of Atlantis, at the age of twelve (although it remained unpublished until ). Her father did not approve such activity for women, and sent her to work in a bindery. She continued to write prolifically, however, despite ill health. (In , according to TIME magazine, she discarded and burned the manuscripts of unpublished novels.)
In , she served in the United States Navy Reserv Also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and högsta Reiner.
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Taylor Caldwell, Controversial but Popular Novelist, Dies
Taylor Caldwell, the best-selling author whose more than 30 historical and romantic novels made her the darling of booksellers--and the bane of critics both literary and political--for nearly half a century, has died at her home in Greenwich, Conn.
Medical Examiner Dr. Hugo Virgilio said Ms. Caldwell, 84, died Friday of pulmonary failure caused by advanced lung cancer.
She had been almost deaf since and had suffered two strokes that deprived her of the ability to speak. Ms. Caldwell’s health had been in decline for more than five years, members of the family said.
“But she never stopped working, never stopped trying, never gave in,” said Robert Prestie, her manager and fourth husband, who was with her at the time of her death.
“She was always game for a fight,” added J. J. Harris, a friend and former editor.
It was an ending entirely in character for a woman whose life had been a constant, and largely successful, battle
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Anglo-American novelist, a prolific author of popular fiction, who used often in her works real historical events or persons. Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death (), an epic story about intrigues and alliances of two Pennsylvania families involved in the manufacture of armaments. Her last major novel, Answer as a Man (), told a story of a man who begins his rise to prestige and power in the midst of the Depression.
"You hard man," said Mr. Maggiotti.
"Learned it the hard way," Bernard would reply. "Men are bastards."
"God loves all men, Bernie."
"More fool he," said Bernie.
(from Answer as a Man)
Taylor Caldwell was born Janet Miriam Taylor Holland Caldwell in Manchester, England, into a family of Scottish background. Her father was a commercial artist, who formerly worked for the Manchester (England) Guardian. Caldwell's family descended from the Clan of MacGregor of which the Taylors are a subsidiary clan. In she was brought to