Author Joanna Trollope has died aged 82, her family has announced.

In a statement, her daughters Louise and Antonia said their “beloved and inspirational mother” had died “peacefully at her Oxfordshire home” on Thursday.

Her tales of romance and mystery in rural middle England later led to her at one point being dubbed the “Queen of the Aga Saga”, a term she told The Independent in 2020 that she found the phrase “patronising”. New Feature

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Trollope’s novels include The Rector’s Wife , Marrying The Mistress and Daughters in Law.

Later works, such as A Village Affair and Mum & Dad , tackled issues ranging from infidelity, parenthood and the strains suffered by the so-called “sandwich generation”, those who care for their chi

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