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Revenge Is Sweet
Valessa Chester is upset when she learns that the harmless charade in which she participated was a scorned woman's attempt to get revenge on the Marquis of Wyndonbury
168 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published May 1, 1989
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About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,057 books837 followersBorn in 1901, Barbara Cartland started her writing career in journalism and completed her first book, Jigsaw, when she was just 24. An immediate success, it was the start of her journey to becoming the world’s most famous and most read romantic novelist of all time. Inspiring a whole generation of readers around the globe with her exciting tales of adventure, love and intrigue, she became synonymous with the Romance genre. And she still is to this day, having written over 644 romantic fiction books.
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
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November 11, 2020
Someone, I forget who exactly, once wrote in a review that they enjoyed most the books, where, the writer very casually and in a very matter of fact way, reveals themselves in slow increments, as completely off the rocker, crazy, barking mad. The reviewer gave as a specific example, housekeeping books and manuals of the mid 1950’s.
As I wrote on a previous review I’m on a BC reading spree at the moment and it was with immense pleasure that I realised I had at last come upon one such a book, first hand. I have a deep fondness for the late Dame Barbara Cartland and discovering that her eccentricity had hitherto unsuspected depths has made me respect her even more. This book is proof positive that she was the real thing.
In the first chapter we are treated to the cheerfully chilling scene in which it is explained to us that since the heroine had nothing left to pawn and was on the verge of starvation, she had [quite sensibly and neatly] decided to drown herself in the river to avoid further unpleasantness and then the scene goes further on into painstaking details to describe how she goes upstairs to her room to get ready for the event, combs her hair, and buttons her dress very neatly and is just about to close up the house when she is thwarted by a knock on the door ..........!
Having read this far I knew I had a gem in my hands and decided to celebrate the occasion and immortalise this book in my « Read » list by five gleaming, crazy stars. Really, it was the least I could do! 🌟
As I wrote on a previous review I’m on a BC reading spree at the moment and it was with immense pleasure that I realised I had at last come upon one such a book, first hand. I have a deep fondness for the late Dame Barbara Cartland and discovering that her eccentricity had hitherto unsuspected depths has made me respect her even more. This book is proof positive that she was the real thing.
In the first chapter we are treated to the cheerfully chilling scene in which it is explained to us that since the heroine had nothing left to pawn and was on the verge of starvation, she had [quite sensibly and neatly] decided to drown herself in the river to avoid further unpleasantness and then the scene goes further on into painstaking details to describe how she goes upstairs to her room to get ready for the event, combs her hair, and buttons her dress very neatly and is just about to close up the house when she is thwarted by a knock on the door ..........!
Having read this far I knew I had a gem in my hands and decided to celebrate the occasion and immortalise this book in my « Read » list by five gleaming, crazy stars. Really, it was the least I could do! 🌟
August 28, 2017
Cuando era adolescente me encantaban las historias de Barbara Cartland, pero lo cierto es que las recordaba mejores. Esta al menos, es muy floja.
September 13, 2013
Kas teate Little Britaini sketše dame Sally Markhamiga? Raamat oleks otsekui tema poolt kirjutatud. (Kui ei tea, siis otsige mõni netist üles.)
Võin kinnitada, et siin raamatus oli täitsa mitu sõna. Päris mitu neist olid ka täiesti loogilises järjekorras. See, et iga lause pidi just oma realt algama, tundus muidugi raiskamisena, aga vähemalt ei lugenud ükski tegelane tervet piiblit ette. (Päriselt ka. Dame Sally Markham. Vaadake sketše.)
Ma polnud ka varem raamatukangelannale nõu andes karjunud: "Proovi minestamist!" Kahjuks pidin aga tema valikutes iga kord pettuma.
Põhisüžee siis ka kokkuvõtteks:
Mees ja naine kohtuvad segastel asjaoludel. Inimesed, kelle ainus eesmärk (elus?) näikse olevat peategelasi kuidagi mõjutada, teevad asju, mis mõjutavad peategelasi. Peategelased avastavad, et armastavad teineteist. Kõik lõpeb kõige paremini. Hurraa!
Kaks punkti annan puhtalt selle eest, et see oli mu esimene Cartland ja nagu Kaisalt kuulsin, oleks võinud ka hullemini minna. Loen kohe teise takka, et vaadata, kas tal oli õigus. (Ka selleks, et vaadata, kas mul oli õigus, kui pakkusin, et kui erinevad inimesed loevad erinevaid Cartlande, on raamatute sisu siiski üks ja sama. (Varsti koostan lause, kus on veel rohkem komasid.))
Võin kinnitada, et siin raamatus oli täitsa mitu sõna. Päris mitu neist olid ka täiesti loogilises järjekorras. See, et iga lause pidi just oma realt algama, tundus muidugi raiskamisena, aga vähemalt ei lugenud ükski tegelane tervet piiblit ette. (Päriselt ka. Dame Sally Markham. Vaadake sketše.)
Ma polnud ka varem raamatukangelannale nõu andes karjunud: "Proovi minestamist!" Kahjuks pidin aga tema valikutes iga kord pettuma.
Põhisüžee siis ka kokkuvõtteks:
Mees ja naine kohtuvad segastel asjaoludel. Inimesed, kelle ainus eesmärk (elus?) näikse olevat peategelasi kuidagi mõjutada, teevad asju, mis mõjutavad peategelasi. Peategelased avastavad, et armastavad teineteist. Kõik lõpeb kõige paremini. Hurraa!
Kaks punkti annan puhtalt selle eest, et see oli mu esimene Cartland ja nagu Kaisalt kuulsin, oleks võinud ka hullemini minna. Loen kohe teise takka, et vaadata, kas tal oli õigus. (Ka selleks, et vaadata, kas mul oli õigus, kui pakkusin, et kui erinevad inimesed loevad erinevaid Cartlande, on raamatute sisu siiski üks ja sama. (Varsti koostan lause, kus on veel rohkem komasid.))
May 14, 2023
On the point of starvation after the death of her father, an inveterate gambler who has gamed away all the family fortune, young and beautiful Valessa Chester is literally starving and on the verge of suicide by throwing herself in the river.
But then it seems that Fate has intervened when three friends of the rich and powerful Lady Sarah Barton appear at her door seeking help after her Ladyship has been injured in a fall out hunting.
In gratitude for Valessa’s ministrations, Lady Barton offers Valessa the huge sum of two hundred pounds to help her with a secret charade that she is planning for her house party at her nearby mansion.
Little does Valessa know, as she shyly agrees because she is in desperate need of the money, that the charade is Lady Sarah’s wicked plot for revenge on the haughty and handsome Marquis of Wyndonbury, who has snubbed her marriage proposal after he has been having a torrid affaire de coeur with her.
The cynical charade duly takes place and Valessa finds that she has been unwittingly married legally and properly to the Marquis.
And in his understandable rage she finds him terrifying yet magnificent.
But, as they voyage to the South of France on his luxury yacht to escape the fallout from his marriage, he is transformed in Valessa’s eyes from the ogre she so feared to her tender and considerate ‘Man in the Moon’ – with whom she is falling irreversibly in love. #132
It seemed a miracle from Heaven itself. Valessa Chester, lovely, alone and penniless, would be splendidly rewarded for her role in a house-party charade, a harmless prank to be played on the arrogant -- and compellingly attractive -- Marquis of Wyndonbury... But what was Valessa's horror to learn was that she was the unwitting instrument of a scorned woman's revenge! Now, the innocent beauty was the unwanted bride of the magnificent Marquis, the man who held her untried heart forevermore, a tender dream of love as unreachable as the distant stars above...
But then it seems that Fate has intervened when three friends of the rich and powerful Lady Sarah Barton appear at her door seeking help after her Ladyship has been injured in a fall out hunting.
In gratitude for Valessa’s ministrations, Lady Barton offers Valessa the huge sum of two hundred pounds to help her with a secret charade that she is planning for her house party at her nearby mansion.
Little does Valessa know, as she shyly agrees because she is in desperate need of the money, that the charade is Lady Sarah’s wicked plot for revenge on the haughty and handsome Marquis of Wyndonbury, who has snubbed her marriage proposal after he has been having a torrid affaire de coeur with her.
The cynical charade duly takes place and Valessa finds that she has been unwittingly married legally and properly to the Marquis.
And in his understandable rage she finds him terrifying yet magnificent.
But, as they voyage to the South of France on his luxury yacht to escape the fallout from his marriage, he is transformed in Valessa’s eyes from the ogre she so feared to her tender and considerate ‘Man in the Moon’ – with whom she is falling irreversibly in love. #132
It seemed a miracle from Heaven itself. Valessa Chester, lovely, alone and penniless, would be splendidly rewarded for her role in a house-party charade, a harmless prank to be played on the arrogant -- and compellingly attractive -- Marquis of Wyndonbury... But what was Valessa's horror to learn was that she was the unwitting instrument of a scorned woman's revenge! Now, the innocent beauty was the unwanted bride of the magnificent Marquis, the man who held her untried heart forevermore, a tender dream of love as unreachable as the distant stars above...
August 8, 2022
Another one of my favourites...
I have read many books by Barbara Cartland.
I have written in other review that a lot of them are like permutations of the same plots.
However, this one is not one of those permutations. Is lovely and touching.
Monica Beltrami, Montevideo, Uruguay
(The inverted heart in South America, between Argentina and Brazil.)
I have read many books by Barbara Cartland.
I have written in other review that a lot of them are like permutations of the same plots.
However, this one is not one of those permutations. Is lovely and touching.
Monica Beltrami, Montevideo, Uruguay
(The inverted heart in South America, between Argentina and Brazil.)
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