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Cartland "the true Queen of Romance". She became a mainstay of the popular media in her trademark pink dresses and plumed hats, discoursing on matters of love, marriage, politics, religion, health, and fashion. She was publicly opposed to the removal of prayer from state schools, and spoke
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for six months beforehand, and was subsequently bedridden and sequestered. Both of her sons, Ian and Glen McCorquodale, were present at her bedside when she died. Shortly afterwards, Cartland's daughter from her first marriage, Raine, travelled to the family home.
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Barbara's enduring appeal to romantics everywhere, her publishers have re-released her catalogue collection, entitled – "The Eternal Collection". This collection, released beginning in November 2013, includes some novels published at the time
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movement and in 1931, with two RAF officers "designed the first aircraft-towed airmail delivery glider"; she also arranged the first long-distance (200-mile ) tow. In 1984, she was awarded the Bishop Wright Air
Industry Award for this contribution.
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She sold more than 750 million copies of her books, though other sources estimate her total sales at more than two billion. The covers of her novels featured portrait-style artwork, usually designed by
Francis Marshall (1901–1980).
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of her paternal grandfather, James
Cartland, who, she stated, was a financier who shot himself in the wake of bankruptcy. However, according to the entry in the probate registry, James Cartland, the proprietor of the
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Though she was born into upper middle-class comfort, the
Cartland family's finances rapidly deteriorated shortly after her birth. Cartland would later attribute this downturn to the
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During her long career, my mother, Barbara
Cartland wrote an incredible 723 books, which were translated into 38 languages, making her the most prolific author of the 20th Century.
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on two occasions, in March 1958 when she was surprised by Eamonn
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for the most novels written in a single year. The 1970s and 1980s were her most prolific period; she also regularly appeared on television in that era.
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loved reading her novels, Cartland began to send early copies. However, as an adult, Diana, her step-granddaughter, did not invite Cartland to
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in World War II (1907–1940), and James Anthony "Tony" Hamilton Cartland (1912–1940). Both were killed in war conflict in Flanders.
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de la Ville de Paris, the highest honour of the city of Paris, for publishing 25 million books in France.
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against infidelity and divorce, although she admitted to being acquainted with both of these subjects.
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footage and Dame Barbara launching her website with pink computers, in early 2000.
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with book and lyrics by Cartland. It was set against the Edwardian background of
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which is also a monument honouring her literary career.
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The Outrageous Queen: A Biography of Christina of Sweden
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George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland
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are available in Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch.
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Cartland the fifth most translated author worldwide
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1902:Introduction to the Eternal Collection
1900:Cartland, Barbara (27 November 2013).
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1656:"Who's Who Longest Running Entry"
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664:Guinness Book of Records
565:Charles, Prince of Wales
508:Barbara Cartland in 1925
428:Early life and education
325:Diana, Princess of Wales
2040:English women novelists
1557:The Rose and the Violet
1529:now.northropgrumman.com
1202:"Dame Barbara Cartland"
968:Posthumous publications
958:Hatfield, Hertfordshire
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899:She was the subject of
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700:She regularly attended
580:Diana's fatal car crash
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1963:Quotations related to
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258:Alexander McCorquodale
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2080:English glider pilots
1789:"The Pink Collection"
1581:, Vol. 8 (2022) p. 95
1234:"Final Curtain Calls"
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669:Guinness World Record
557:United World Colleges
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442:Major Ronald Cartland
1955:at Wikimedia Commons
1929:. Blue Melon Films.
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1016:In Love with Barbara
764:Member of Parliament
446:Member of Parliament
371:best-selling authors
327:(step-granddaughter)
271: 1927;
242:contemporary romance
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2090:McCorquodale family
1875:BarbaraCartland.com
1793:BarbaraCartland.com
1679:barbaracartland.com
1297:"Cartland, Barbara"
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1207:The Daily Telegraph
1160:BarbaraCartland.com
1053:The Women's Library
747:Political influence
641:The Knave of Hearts
520:The Daily Telegraph
2085:Gliding in England
2045:British debutantes
1926:Virgins and Heroes
1799:on 13 January 2013
1641:The London Gazette
1616:on 9 February 2015
1541:Barbara Cartland,
1454:The New York Times
1371:History Collection
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1313:on 9 November 2012
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993:Queen Elizabeth II
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631:A Hazard of Hearts
532:Raine McCorquodale
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379:A Hazard of Hearts
359:historical romance
238:Historical Romance
58:"Barbara Cartland"
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1951:Media related to
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1418:978-0-434-02071-3
1307:Boston University
1166:on 12 August 2017
1119:Los Angeles Times
962:Queen Elizabeth I
914:Winston Churchill
902:This Is Your Life
854:released through
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772:Winston Churchill
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