To mark the 10th anniversary of her death, Cartland's first novel, Jig-Saw (first published in 1925), was reprinted
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Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century.
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culture · English writer and media personality (1901–2000) · novelist · aircraft pilot · writer · politician · also Barbara Cartland, Barbara McCorquodale, Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland McCorquodale, Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, Dame Barbara Cartland, Cartland
Born 9 July 1901 · Died 21 May 2000 · Q235965
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2000· 4 entries
Died 2000-05-21.
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“The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.”
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Her publishers estimated that since her writing career began in 1923, Cartland had produced a total of 723 titles
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“The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.”
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1997· 1 entry
“The only books Diana ever read were mine, and they weren”
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1996· 1 entry
Cartland surpassed the record for the most entries in the wider format of the biographic reference book Who's Who, with an allocated 223 lines, surpassing that of former British PM Winston Churchill
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1991).
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Cartland was invested by Queen Elizabeth II as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in honour of the author's almost 70 years of literary, political, and social contributions
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1984· 1 entry
Was awarded the Bishop Wright Air Industry Award for this contribution
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1979· 1 entry
Said was the "greatest sadness of my life"
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1978· 1 entry
Titled An Album of Love Songs released through State Records, and produced by Norman Newell
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1976· 1 entry
Cartland wrote 23 novels, earning her the Guinness World Record for the most novels written in a single year
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1964· 1 entry
The Outrageous Queen: A Biography of Christina of Sweden in 1956, The Private Life of Charles II: The Women He Loved in 1958, and Josephine, Empress of France in 1961
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1963· 1 entry
Had two sons: Ian Hamilton McCorquodale (11 October 1937 – 10 February 2023), a Debrett's publisher, and Glen McCorquodale (born 1939), a stockbroker
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1955· 1 entry
Cartland was elected a councillor on Hertfordshire County Council as a Conservative and served for nine years
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1953· 1 entry
Was invested at Buckingham Palace as a Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem for her services
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1950· 1 entry
Cartland was accused of plagiarism by author Georgette Heyer, after a reader drew attention to the apparent borrowing of Heyer's character names, character traits, dialogue and plot points in Cartland's early historical
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1942· 1 entry
Was composed by Mark Lubbock with book and lyrics by Cartland
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1933· 1 entry
Which involved charges and counter charges of infidelity, Cartland married her ex-husband's cousin, Hugh McCorquodale, on 28 December 1936
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1931· 1 entry
With two RAF officers "designed the first aircraft-towed airmail delivery glider"; she also arranged the first long-distance (200-mile [360 km]) tow
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1901· 1 entry
Born 1901-07-09.
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