Barbara Cartland Facts
Barbara Cartland Facts
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| Following graduation from Abbey House, Barbara Cartland worked as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express. |
| Barbara Cartland's first published novel was Jigsaw (1922) which was published while she worked as a gossip columnist. |
| Barbara Cartland wrote and produced plays in the 1920. One play titled Blood Money (1926) was banned by Lord Chamberlain's Office because it was too racy. |
| Barbara Cartland married a British Army officer named Alexander George McCorquodale in 1927. He was from Scotland and was a printing fortune heir. They divorced in 1933. She had one child with him, a daughter named Raine. |
| Barbara Cartland married Hugh McCorquodale, her first husband's cousin, in 1936. She had two sons with him named Ian and Glen. |
| Barbara Cartland wrote so many books that in 1976 she was entered into the Guinness Book of Records for having the most books published in one year. |
| Barbara Cartland was averaging 23 books each year by the 1970s. She was known to dictate her novels. |
| Although a large percentage of her work was dedicated to romance novels, Barbara Cartland also wrote music, plays, poems, magazine articles, and an operetta. |
| Barbara Cartland's romance novels were often Victorian-era romance from the 19th century, although some of her earlier work was very racy for its time. |
| Barbara Cartland wrote a total of 723 novels in her lifetime. Her novels have been translated into more than 36 languages and have sold more than 2 billion copies. |
| Barbara Cartland is considered to be one of the 20th century's most prolific and commercially successful best-selling authors. |
| Barbara Cartland had royal connections. Diana, Princess of Wales was her step-granddaughter. |
| In 1953 Barbara Cartland was invested as a Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at Buckingham Palace for her services with the St. John Ambulance Brigade. |
| Barbara Cartland was invested in 1991 by Queen Elizabeth II as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. This honor was given to her because of her literary, political, and social contributions over 70 years. |
| Vogue magazine referred to Barbara Cartland as "the true Queen of Romance." |
| Barbara Cartland became known for wearing her favorite color, pink, especially as pink dresses and plumed hats. |
| Barbara Cartland died on May 21st, 2000 at the age of 98. She was laid to rest under a tree on her private estate. The tree had been planted by Queen Elizabeth I. |
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