Barbara Cartland - Libros y biografía

With all the trappings of wealth, but none of the money to maintain the large historic houses they inherit, society beauty Lady Galina More and her charismatic brother, Georgie, the Earl of Ranmore, are...

Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf. It is so secret that only his loyal valet, Jenkins, is told. The duke agrees and it takes...

When the Armistice between France and England came to an end in 1803, Napoleon jailed 10,000 British tourists who were in France at the time. Most had committed no crime and had simply been travelling...

1820 is a worrying time for His Royal Highness Prince Lászlé, as the might of the Prussian Empire moves ever closer to the borders of his independent principality, Opava. Concerned for the welfare and...

At the Battle of Worcester in 1651, Prince Charles with 13,000 troops, both English and Scottish, is heavily defeated by Oliver Cromwell and flees to France. Clive More escapes the battlefield to a friendly...

When Shona becomes secretary to a marquis, all she was told was that they were going abroad so he could write a book. She never suspects the dark secret in his heart or the terrible thing he means to...

Valda lives a life of luxury with her mother and stepfather in a beautiful château in France. Educated in Paris and enjoying all that French society can offer, Valda’s English roots seem a very distant...

The Marquis of Kexley seems to have everything a girl could want – wealth, good looks, intelligence, athletic prowess – and a title. The only thing he doesn’t possess is respect for the legion of women...

After her father’s heroic death through the treachery of a Russian femme fatale, young Solita finds herself in the care of her "Aunt" Mildred in Italy, the cousin of her father’s comrade in arms Hugo...

When Lord Rupert Brooke and his wife are killed in an accident, their only child, Titania, is forced to live with her uncle, the Duke of Starbrooke, who had never approved of her father’s marriage and...

Hugo, Earl of Ruven, is sailing home after 10 years in India, where he served with his regiment. His grandfather, the old earl, has died and Hugo has inherited the title and estate of Castle Ruven. He...

Beautiful 18-year-old Norina is dismayed when her widowed father Lord Sedgewyn quickly remarries to society beauty Violet, and even more so when she discovers her new stepmother’s wicked plot to poison...

London socialite and friend of King George IV, the Duke of Strathnarn enjoys his London life, so he is resentful when he inherits from his hated father the title and responsibilities of chieftain of the...

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington,...

Charles, Lord Hartley, was at his wit's end. He spent a fortune on his cousin John, and still the embittered John demands more money. Charles needs to marry an heiress and he becomes attracted to Cliona,...

Princess Zelda of Brienz in Switzerland is being harassed by her father to marry a king or prince of one of the small countries of Europe. Zelda is very beautiful and determined that when she does marry,...

After the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent Army of Occupation in France, the Earl of Monthurst returns to his ancestral home in England to find it in a very bad condition. Because labour wast been...

When Balkan Prince Stanislaus demands an English bride, Queen Victoria sends him Lady Lavina, whose family had a slight connection with royalty. Determined to avoid this fate, Lavina threw herself on...

Wealthy businessman John Gardner counts his wife, the widowed Countess Napier, as his finest possession. Beautiful, refined, and a devoted mother, the countess has the one thing that all his money cannot...

Returning from finishing school in France, Louisa Hatton is full of enthusiasm for her life ahead, and is convinced it will be romantic. But her parents have already planned a very suitable marriage for...

Following the sudden death of his rakish father, Seldon Burn unexpectedly inherits the title of Duke of Otterburn. Returning to the family estate, he swiftly discovers that the title is the only thing...

Money may not be able to buy you love, but without it an earldom is an empty title. As the black sheep of the family, Michael Belmont is heir to a huge country estate filled with antiques and the finest...

The handsome and eligible Prince Ivan of Rusitania urgently needs to find a bride who is very young, very pretty, and very rich. His cousin, Prince Peter of neighbouring Voskia, is determined to prevent...

Golden-haired, intelligent, and beautiful Della, the much-loved niece of Lord Lainden, leads a seemingly golden life in the English countryside. In tune with nature and a skilled horsewoman, Della is...

Heir to the throne of Valdina, beautiful Attila vows two things: to do everything in her power to return her beloved sick father, King Sigismund, to health, and to find true love. It seems that her stepmother,...

Prince Nicolo of Vienz is irritated by his family and his prime minister continually begging him to be married for the sake of his country and prevent it being taken over by a neighbour. He finally agrees...

Wandering dreamily through the Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace, the beautiful eighteen-year-old Zorina bumps into a startlingly handsome well-dressed young man who immediately steals her heart. Hardly...

Dispatched on a secret mission to Paris by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, the dashing Earl of Hawkshead is held up on the road out of Calais by an accident between a post...

The Marquis of Havingham visits his mother in Harrogate to tell her he intends to marry Lady Beryl Fern, the most acclaimed beauty in the Prince Regent's circle. This should be the happiest day of his...

The Duke of Brockenhurst, bored by Society and cynical about the beautiful women who cast themselves before him in a desperate bid to become his Duchess, accepts a wager to ride from London to York alone...