Barbara Cartland Books

Black magic? Dorina Stanfield, the Vicar's young and lovely daughter could not belive that she was hearing Jarvis Yarde's murderous incantations against the one man who stood between himself and the ancient Earldom of Yardcombe. Yet it was true...and only Dorina could combat the gathering forces of evil that menaced the handsome raffish Earl who had captured her shy and secret heart...

Alita Lang, who lives in a castle with her uncle, the Duke of Langstone, is never seen by outsiders. In fact no one knows of her existence. Her only interest is the horses she looks after and loves. But then one day she meets American millionaire Clint Wilbur on the Duke's private race-course.

The Marquis of Wynstanton had become involved with one of the beauties of London Society -- Locadi, Lady Marshall and when her husband died unexpectedly, the Marquis set out on a long journey to India and Nepal, as he wished to avoid any gossip arising about their liaison. After his return, he resumed the affair, staying on in London for some time when he should have gone straight to Wyn Castle and his country estate. Then he began to suspect that Locadi was using black magic to entice him to her and to induce him to propose marriage. Almost in a panic the Marquis returned to his estate, which he had neglected for so long only to find to his horror that he had been cheated by the manager he had left in charge. At Wyn Castle he meets Flora Romilly, the daughter of a distinguished author. She is known locally as the White Witch, because she can heal ailments with plants and leaves from her herb garden and has worked wonders with his grandmother's rheumatism. How Flora despises the Marquis as she is so disgusted at the way his people have been treated in his absence. How she is persuaded to help him make amends and put matters to rights on the estate. And how in fleeing from London the Marquis has not escaped from Locadi and her evil magic is all told in this unusual and exciting story by Barbara Cartland. If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland.

There is nothing for it -- we will have marry for money! The Strathcarrons have lived in splendour in Lednock Castle in Scotland for many generations, but the family fall on hard times when their fortunes become depleted. An American guest, Larry Harwood, comes to stay and persuades the Earl of Strathcarron to travel to New York with him to make his fortune, leaving his wife, his son, Ewen and daughter, Moira, to the mercies of fate.Six months later the Earl returns a broken man, having lost the entire estate to the American's creditors.Ewen and Moira hatch a desperate plan to save the castle and their very inheritance from the clutches of the American bank. They realise that their only recourse is to make good marriages into wealthy families with the hope that they can bail out their father. They head for London, and its glittering social scene with the express purpose of not returning to Scotland until they have both found suitable spouses. But things do not go to plan when Moira meets handsome Stuart Weston again and in spite of her promise to her brother, she finds herself falling in love with him. Torn between her loyalty to her family and her heart's desire, will Moira ever find true happiness or will she be forced into a loveless marriage of convenience? All is revealed in this exciting and romantic novel by BARBARA CARTLAND If you like Downton Abbey you will love Barbara Cartland .

Full of charm and wit, Barbara Cartland’s book of etiquette is as delightful now as when it first appeared in 1962. ‘For the record, the word “parlour” is not used, nor is the relatively recent insidious “lounge,” except about airports, hotels and liners.’ ‘Boys should be taught at a very early age — six or seven — to say “sir” to an older man.’ ‘I cannot stress too often that on every formal occasion, whether it is Luncheon, a Bazaar or a Meeting, a hat should be worn.’ Written nearly 50 years ago,Barbara Cartland’s Etiquette Handbookconjures up a period when addressing work colleagues by their first names was frowned upon, wives should expect to receive a weekly allowance of five shillings from their husbands, and hats were ubiquitous. Laced throughout with Barbara Cartland’s wit and wisdom, and Francis Marshall’s illustrations, this is a wonderfully evocative insight into the manners of an England that has largely disappeared.