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A young Liverpool actress who appeared sometimes in Coronation Street before turning to writing, Bainbridge had instant success with two novels about feckless girls caught up in sinister situations, The Dressmaker (1973) and in 1974 The Bottle Factory Outing (based on her own experiences working for a London wine-bottling firm). Both of these books wove the comic thread deftly and delightfully with the chillingly macabre. Later she turned to more ambitious historical novels, which nevertheless told their stories with the same briskness, humour and unillusioned insight into human nature. Young Adolf (1978) imagined the young Hitler spending five months in Liverpool, The Birthday Boys followed Captain Scott to the Antarctic and Every Man for Himself (1996) was about the sinking of the Titanic. She was appointed DBE in 2000.
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