author
G. Winifred (Gertrude Winifred) Taylor
b. 1882
A British writer of historical fiction and history, she moved easily between sweeping novels and carefully researched accounts of the past. Her work also includes collaborations with fellow novelist D. K. Broster, giving her a small but distinctive place in early 20th-century writing.
2 Audiobooks
The Vision Splendid
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster, G. Winifred (Gertrude Winifred) Taylor
Chantemerle : A romance of the Vendean War
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster, G. Winifred (Gertrude Winifred) Taylor
About the author
Born in London in 1880, Gertrude Winifred Taylor was educated at Notting Hill High School and studied modern history at St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1899 to 1902. Oxford remained an important part of her story, and she later received her degree in 1920.
She wrote both fiction and history. With her friend and fellow Oxford graduate D. K. Broster, she co-authored the historical novels Chantemerle: A Romance of the Vendean War and The Vision Splendid. She also wrote on her own, including the novel The Pearl and the history work The Wars of Marlborough, 1702–1709.
Taylor died in 1948. Although she is not as widely known today as some of her contemporaries, her books show a clear love of history and a gift for bringing earlier periods to life in an accessible, story-rich way.