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fromIndependent
2 days ago

Kirsty Blake Knox: When Jilly Cooper decided she wanted man mountain Paul O'Connell for Christmas

Even if you never read her bonkbuster books, it was still possible to be a fan because the author was such an appealing character
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fromIndependent
2 days ago

'Jilly Cooper's manners were impeccable. Every time I wrote anything about her over the years, a handwritten card arrived days later, thanking me warmly'

The 'bonkbuster' queen Jilly Cooper was a cultured author whose modesty and humour lit up her novels
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Jilly Cooper was the absolute queen': writers pay tribute to the beloved author

Jilly Cooper was a genuinely merry soul, with a gimlet eye and a determination to see the best in absolutely everything; even when her life was difficult, she brightened every room with her spaniel hair. What fun she had and shared with us, and what a wonderful legacy she left. It would be easier to count the novelists of my generation who didn't read her. Not just the world-conquering Riders
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fromIndependent
1 week ago

'Irish charm, that everyone in England regards as a confidence trick, is completely genuine. The plainest of people are attractive here' - Jilly Cooper's Dublin partying days and the horsey set

Jilly Cooper emphasizes eroticism across varied settings—classical music, seasonal atmospheres, boardroom tensions and horses—timed with the revival of big hair and jodhpurs.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

Jilly Cooper, British author of bestselling risque novels including 'Rivals', has died at 88

unexpected death has come as a complete shock.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Author Jilly Cooper dies aged 88 after fall at home

Jilly Cooper, 88, died unexpectedly; celebrated for bonkbusters such as Riders, Rivals and The Rutshire Chronicles featuring Rupert Campbell-Black.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

Jilly Cooper, creator of The Rutshire Chronicles, died aged 88 after a fall; her novels explored class, sex, marriage, rivalry, grief and fertility.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

David Tennant on sex scenes, Doctor Who and his run-in with Kemi Badenoch: The trans debate has become unnecessarily cruel'

Disney's Rivals captures the chaotic lives of media power players in the Cotswolds, anchored by David Tennant's charismatic performance as Lord Tony Baddingham.
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