Barbara Cartland

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An immensely prolific writer of romance, BC published more than seven hundred books during her career, which spanned more than seven decades of the twentieth century, and she left a legacy of more than 150 further titles to be issued in a steady flow after her death. The Guinness Book of World Records regularly awards her the entry for best-selling author. Her books tally over one billion copies in thirty-six languages. She also wrote fictionalized biography, autobiography, advice books on love and marriage, cookery books, plays, radio plays, and a screenplay.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Severo, Richard. “Romance queen pens final chapter”. Edmonton Journal, p. A3.
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Taylor, Andrew. “Grub Street”. The Author, Vol.
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Photograph of Barbra Cartland, seated in a silver upholstered armchair, with her hands clasped in her lap. She is wearing a silver dress with sparkly beading, a white fur shawl, and a large diamond necklace and earrings. Her hair is short, white, and styled in large curls. There is a red curtain behind her and a bouquet of pink and white flowers at the edge of the photograph's frame.
Black-and-white photo of Barbara Cartland, circa 1930. Holding a small dog, she is standing beside the glider, embellished with her name, which she used to make the first towed flight in England.

Milestones

9 July 1901

BC was born at Vectis Lodge, Edgbaston, near Birmingham.
Heald, Tim. A Life of Love: The Life of Barbara Cartland. Sinclair-Stevenson.
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1923

BC began her career in journalism, in the Daily Express. She later wrote gossip columns under various pseudonyms for the Daily Mail, Observer, The Tatler and the Bystander (which two merged in 1940), and the National Graphic.
Heald, Tim. A Life of Love: The Life of Barbara Cartland. Sinclair-Stevenson.
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Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

21 May 2000

BC died in her sleep at her home, Camfield Place in Hertfordshire, aged ninety-eight.
Severo, Richard. “Romance queen pens final chapter”. Edmonton Journal, p. A3.
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Biography

Birth and Family

9 July 1901

BC was born at Vectis Lodge, Edgbaston, near Birmingham.
Heald, Tim. A Life of Love: The Life of Barbara Cartland. Sinclair-Stevenson.
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