Talk:Barbara Cartland

Editorial
Under "Marriage and relationships," the page states "...she was married, from 1927 to 1932, to Alexander George McCorquodale..." But the following paragraph states "After the McCorquodales' 1936 divorce..." Were they divorced in 1932, or 1936? Verdant C 19:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Unless I missed it, there seems to be no mention here of her singing career. Could someone add some info on this, please? Jon Rob 14:32, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

"She was a charming, feisty 98 years of age at her death" - perhaps i'm being pendantic, but although this entry is well-written, it doesn't have much of an NPOV. Then again, it's an entry about a romance writer, so who am i to argue....

206.165.101.124 09:16, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Commentary
I loved reading Barbara Cartland novels while I was growing up. My mother even named me after one of the heroines of her book. It is "Ravella" and the name of the book is "The Knave of Hearts". I've been trying to find that book to read it while my mom is still alive. My mom is 82. I think Barbara Cartland was a wonderful author. [redact]

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The Diana Connection
"Cartland was openly critical of her step-daughter Diana, Princess of Wales's divorce from the Prince of Wales, which caused a rift between them, one mended shortly before Diana's fatal car crash in Paris in 1997."

Diana was not Cartland's step-daughter, rather the step-daughter of Cartland's own daughter, Raine. It is the rift between Raine and Diana that was supposedly mended before Diana's death. Shn525 10:12, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Not invited to Princess Diana wedding
This was commented upon in the media at the time. I'm not sure why this was - if it was because she was disliked by the royals, or if it was in truth simply because she was infirm. 89.243.83.43 (talk) 10:54, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

the first pink Rolls-Royce ?
erm... I once heard an anecdote that Barbara Cartland bought a new Rolls-Royce, and asked for it to be pink. This became the first ever pink Rolls-Royce - no-one else had previously asked for one in that colour...

How true that is I don't know, which is why I mention it here, and not in the article. :)

86.25.121.204 (talk) 21:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Birth year
The Library of Congress catalog lists her as "Cartland, Barbara, 1902-2000", but Wikipedia claims she was born in 1901. How come? Who's right? --LA2 (talk) 10:00, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Your answer is here: "Although there was once public embarrassment when it was discovered that an inaccurate birth-date appeared in Who's Who (secretarial error, claimed the Dame) she was actually born Barbara Hamilton Cartland on July 9 1901". Teemeah 편지 (letter)  10:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Tone
Parts of this article are written in a tone that, perhaps, doesn't quite meet Wikipedia standards. I've listed a few examples below. Not knowing anything about Barbara Cartland, I don't feel qualified to make any substantive changes.

'Though she was born into an enviable degree of middle-class comfort, the family's security was severely shaken after the suicide of her paternal grandfather'

'However, her enterprising mother opened a London dress shop'

'She also began writing and producing somewhat racy plays'

'Despite their tame story lines, Barbara Cartland's later novels were highly successful.'

'This claim fits in with her image as part of a generation for whom such matters were never discussed'

'Her physical and mental health began to fail in her mid-90s but her spirit and courage were undiminished'

Dalisback1 (talk) 15:47, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree about the tone; but most of that appears to be taken from one of her novels; unsubstantiated romance! - For example, was the 'family's security' 'shaken' by the suicide, or the preceding bankrupcty? Did it affect *her*? Does it matter?

I believe her novels were fairly successful - but let's have the facts, not vague claims. This is a pretty shoddy article, and is not of wikipedia standard. Heenan73 (talk) 00:21, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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Clarify, please
heir to a printing old fortune means what? A few words missing, I think. Valetude (talk) 09:18, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Cleanup needed
This article is a bit of a mess. There is a lot of repetition of the number of books sold and other trivia. But moreover a lot of the text verges on gossip and most of it is totally unsourced. I am loathe to remove the text, but it needs sources. Ashmoo (talk) 14:23, 13 July 2022 (UTC)