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Barbara Cartland
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English writer and media personality (1901-2000)
Barbara Cartland was an English writer and media personality who lived from 1901 to 2000 and became one of the most prolific authors of romance novels in history. She matters because her enormous output and popularity fundamentally shaped the romance genre and made her a significant figure in 20th-century popular culture.
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Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, DStJ (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer, known as the Queen of Romance, 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. Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television…
Known for
- London: The Modern Babylon — Self - Interviewee2012
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- La Belle Epoque — Self1983
- Harty — Self1983
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edgbaston
- Place of death
- Hatfield
- Occupation
- writer
- Political party
- Conservative Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- women's fiction
- Genre
- romance
- Official website
- www.barbaracartland.com
- Image
- Dame Barbara Cartland Allan Warren.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Barbara Cartland
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- Elinor Glyn
- list of works
- Barbara Cartland bibliography
- place of burial
- Hertfordshire
- birth name
- Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland
- pseudonym
- Marcus Belfry
- name in native language
- Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland McCorquodale
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
- date of death
- 2000-05-21
- date of birth
- 1901-07-09
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
- web feed URL
- www.barbaracartland.com/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) 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.
Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television, including: The Lady and the Highwayman, A Hazard of Hearts, A Ghost in Monte Carlo and Duel of Hearts.
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