A Wish Come True

Barbara Cartland

2014年8月 · The Eternal Collection 第 96 本图书 · Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd

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Bereft and penniless after the death of their father, the local Vicar and Private Chaplain to the Earl of Chadwood, the beautiful Olivia Lambrick, her younger brother Tony and her five-year-old sister Wendy are desperate for the new Earl to arrive at Chad Hall.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Having inherited the title after his two cousins drowned in a sailing accident, it has taken the Earl a year to travel home from India.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ And meanwhile, with no one to pay the estateÕs workers and pensioners, the entire village is almost starving.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Olivia hopes that the Earl will honour the allowance her mother received as the late EarlÕs cousin, but to her chagrin, he is a handsome but hard and unsympathetic man.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Refusing OliviaÕs pleas and those of his half-brother, Gerald, who faces the debtorsÕ prison because of his high living in London, the Earl has a very unpleasant solution Ð he will pay GeraldÕs debts only if he marries Olivia!ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ But Fate intervenes unexpectedly when the Earl is attacked by a vicious mob of youths from the village and, almost fatally injured by a knife thrust, is then carried to OliviaÕs home.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ While Gerald uses a Power of Attorney to save the village, pay off his debts and look after the pensioners, Olivia saves the life of the man she hates and prays with all her heart that somehow love will save the day.Ê

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Barbara Cartland was the world's most prolific novelist, having written an astounding 723 books in her lifetime, including 644 romantic novels that achieved worldwide sales of over one billion copies and were translated into 36 different languages. In addition to romantic novels, she also authored historical biographies, six autobiographies, theatrical plays, and advice books on life, love, vitamins, and cookery. Cartland penned her first book, "Jigsaw," at the age of 21, which became an immediate bestseller, selling 100,000 copies in hardback in England and throughout Europe in translation. Remarkably, between the ages of 77 and 97, she increased her literary output, writing an incredible 400 romances to meet the global demand for her work. She wrote her final book at the age of 97, prophetically titled "The Way to Heaven." Her popularity was immense in the United States, where in 1976 her current books held the number 1 and 2 spots on the B. Dalton bestsellers list simultaneously, a unique achievement. Barbara Cartland became a legend in her lifetime, particularly cherished for her romantic novels. Her works are treasured for their moral messages, pure and innocent heroines, handsome and dashing heroes, blissful happy endings, and above all, her belief in the power of love as the most important aspect of life. Her millions of readers around the world continue to collect her books to read again and again, especially during times of misery or depression, finding solace in the love and happiness that define her stories.