Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was a English writer, during her long career, she wrote over 700 books, making her one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. She sold over 1,000 million copies throughout the world, earning her a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The world's most famous romantic novelist, she also wrote autobiographies, biographies, health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance, and became one of the United Kingdom's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues.
She started her writing career as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express. She published her first novel, Jigsaw, a society thriller, in 1923. It was a bestseller. She went on to write myriad novels and earn legions of fans, she also wrote under her married name Barbara McCorquodale. Some of her books were made into films. Ever the romantic, during WWII, she served as the Chief Lady Welfare Officer in Bedfordshire. She gathered as many wedding dresses as she could so that service brides would have a white gown to wear on their wedding day. She also campaigns for the rights of Gypsies, midwives and nurses.
Barbara Cartland passed away on 21 May 2000, with 160 still unpublished manuscripts, that are being published posthumously.
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That thing called love
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Twice dead
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Creed's honor
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Married by morning
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The next always
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1105 Yakima Street
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Rules of an engagement
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Love in the afternoon
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Call Me Irresistible
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Merciless
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Hot Rocks
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Kiss Me If You Can
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Tall, Dark and Fearless
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Time Enough for Love
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Home in Carolina
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Married in Seattle
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Finding Perfect
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Burning lamp
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The man you'll marry
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The courtship of Carol Sommars
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In Bed with the Duke
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Back in Black
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Savor the moment
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Water bound
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1022 Evergreen Place
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Sea storm
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The perfect Christmas
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One-Click Buy: December 2009 Silhouette Desire
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The Kindred
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Lakeshore Christmas (Lakeshore Chronicles, Book 6)
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Fairy tale weddings
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Out of the Light, Into the Shadows
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Midnight sons
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Winter Dreams (Blithe Images / Song of the West)
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Tyler: Montana Creeds
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Bending the rules
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The Kissing Game
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The Night Before Christmas
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Lip Service (Lone Star Sisters)
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The sheik and the bought bride
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Murder game
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Dark slayer
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Stand-in Groom: A Novel
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At Home in Stone Creek
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Dark slayer: a Carpathian novel
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Summer on Blossom Street
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American Dreams
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A Creed Country Christmas (Hqn)
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Marriage of inconvenience
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Western skies
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Dangerous Ladies
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Her Kind of Hero
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Harbor Lights (Chesapeake Shores)
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Before the scandal
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Blue-Eyed Devil: A Novel
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Stealing Kisses
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The Manning sisters
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- Marcus Belfrey
History Created February 1, 2012 · 6 revisions
| May 14, 2013 | Edited by Karen Coyle | added wikipedia link |
| March 1, 2013 | Edited by Amy L Hester | reverted to revision 3 |
| January 8, 2013 | Edited by Antonia Cervantes | merge authors |
| March 27, 2012 | Edited by E-Romance | Added new photo |
| February 1, 2012 | Created by LC Bot | import new book |