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Seldon Burn findet sich einer prekären Lage wieder als er nach dem plötzlichen Tod seines Vaters und seines älteren Bruders den Herzogstitel annehmen muss. Der vierte Herzog von Otterburn tritt ein schwieriges Erbe an, da sein Vater sehr verschwenderisch gelebt und ihm eine unermessliche Summe an Schulden sowie ein baufälliges Schloss hinterlassen hat. Seine Cousine Lady Edith Burn versucht ihn zu einer Geldheirat zu überzeugen, um das Familienerbe zu sanieren und um Pensionen und Leibrenten für Familienangehörige und Angestellte auszahlen zu können. Der Herzog hatte vor seiner Rückkehr eine Militärkarriere angestrebt und lange Zeit im Ausland verbracht. Eine Geldheirat widerspricht ihm sehr, da es seinen Grundregeln der Ehre widerspricht und er eine Frau finden will, die nicht nur seinen Adelstitel anstrebt. Lady Burn war lange Zeit in Amerika auf Reisen und hat dadurch einige Mütter kennengelernt, die ihre Töchter an einen englischen Adligen verheiratet sehen möchten. Mrs. Vandevilt, eine Multimillionärin, setzt sich in den Kopf, ihre Tochter Magnolia müsse einen Adelstitle tragen und deshalb den Herzog von Otterburn heiraten. Magnolia ist sehr jung, hübsch und zur Freude ihres Vaters, der sie darin sehr unterstützt, sehr belesen und intelligent; die Idee ihrer Mutter widerspricht ihr sehr und versetzt sie in Angst und Schrecken.
Wird der Herzog den Widerwillen vor einer Heirat mit einer bürgerlichen, aber wohlhabenden jungen Frau einzugehen, ablegen können? Wird Magnolia die Freiheit und Liebe finde, die sie sich so ersehnt und sich in den Armen des Mannes, den sie liebt beschützt fühlen?
Wird der Herzog den Widerwillen vor einer Heirat mit einer bürgerlichen, aber wohlhabenden jungen Frau einzugehen, ablegen können? Wird Magnolia die Freiheit und Liebe finde, die sie sich so ersehnt und sich in den Armen des Mannes, den sie liebt beschützt fühlen?
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Barbara Cartland
1,074 books835 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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August 15, 2019
forced marriage trope still does the trick
October 3, 2017
leído en Nov 2010
Novia en Venta
Argumento:
El Duque de Otterburn hereda, inesperadamente, el título y con él cuantiosas deudas y nada con qué pagarlas.
Una prima suya, viajera incansable, lo convence de que la única forma en que puede sobrevivir, sin causar incontables sufrimientos a sus familiares, es casándose por dinero.
Aunque la idea lo horroriza, no encuentra otra solución y acepta casarse con Magnolia Vandevilt, rica heredera de los Estados Unidos.
Novia en Venta
Argumento:
El Duque de Otterburn hereda, inesperadamente, el título y con él cuantiosas deudas y nada con qué pagarlas.
Una prima suya, viajera incansable, lo convence de que la única forma en que puede sobrevivir, sin causar incontables sufrimientos a sus familiares, es casándose por dinero.
Aunque la idea lo horroriza, no encuentra otra solución y acepta casarse con Magnolia Vandevilt, rica heredera de los Estados Unidos.
March 27, 2024
Dame Cartland does a re-telling of Consuelo Vanderbilt’s story but with a presumably happy ending since the Duke falls in love with his heiress bride.
In the preface, Dame Cartland recalls meeting Consuelo Vanderbilt and is charmed by her.
In the preface, Dame Cartland recalls meeting Consuelo Vanderbilt and is charmed by her.
September 4, 2017
I love the beginning, but the wedding took many pages before it took place so the moment of the couple together is just short which I feel a pity....
January 4, 2018
Nothing special.
Having read about 400 books by BC I feel this is very much similar to her other books. It's okay to read if you are fresher to BC but otherwise nothing special.
Having read about 400 books by BC I feel this is very much similar to her other books. It's okay to read if you are fresher to BC but otherwise nothing special.
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March 29, 2020
Found a BC in my collection I hadn't actually read yet. First book I've been able to finish in a 2+ week quarantine. Three stars bumped to four just for that.
March 23, 2023
🙋🏻♀️📲🔊Audiolibro
2,5☆ Me ha gustado, denme un matrimonio por combenencia y estoy dentro 🤣, pero el inicio es muy lento para lo corta que es la historia, pudo ser para desarrollar la relación.
2,5☆ Me ha gustado, denme un matrimonio por combenencia y estoy dentro 🤣, pero el inicio es muy lento para lo corta que es la historia, pudo ser para desarrollar la relación.
December 21, 2021
Faz um tempo que eu tenho curiosidade de ler algum livro dos milhares de livros de Barbara Cartland e em fim eu consegui ler. É um romance bem água com açúcar, bem rapidinho de ler. Tem um casamento arranjado da mocinha que tem dinheiro e do mocinho que tem status. O livro é bem clichê e fiquei com vontade ler mais coisa da autora.
April 17, 2023
Following the sudden death of his rakish father, Seldon Burn unexpectedly inherits the title of Duke of Otterburn. Returning to the family estate, he swiftly discovers that the title is the only thing he has inherited – along with a mountain of his father’s debts and nothing to pay them with.
A brave and proud soldier, nothing has prepared the new Duke for the devastation to the family coffers caused by his late father’s love of lavish entertainment, Gaiety Girls and good living. Meeting with the family Solicitor, the Duke is horrified to discover the Ducal properties are crumbling, everything of value is entailed and even the racehorses have not been schooled properly.
Desperately seeking to rebuild the family fortune and honourably fulfil his duty of care to the old and infirm of the village, his cousin Edith, a sophisticated Socialite, offers a solution.
She suggests that he follows in the footsteps of many an impoverished English aristocrat and marries a wealthy American heiress – she even has a fitting bride in mind from her recent visit to New York.
With no viable alternative and a pressing demand for money, a wedding is hastily arranged – but will the English traditions of generations of the Burn’s family be overshadowed by the razzle-dazzle of the Duke’s mother-in-law to be, Mrs. Vandevilt, the renowned New York hostess?
Horrified at being married for his title and not love, the Duke is so angry that he barely considers the feelings of his young and vulnerable bride. Meanwhile, the lovely Magnolia Vandevilt, one of the richest heiresses in America, is equally disgusted and contemptuous of a man who is marrying her only for her money.
Joined together in holy matrimony, can this marriage of convenience ever be more than a disappointment and battleground as both parties dream of the love they might have had?
A brave and proud soldier, nothing has prepared the new Duke for the devastation to the family coffers caused by his late father’s love of lavish entertainment, Gaiety Girls and good living. Meeting with the family Solicitor, the Duke is horrified to discover the Ducal properties are crumbling, everything of value is entailed and even the racehorses have not been schooled properly.
Desperately seeking to rebuild the family fortune and honourably fulfil his duty of care to the old and infirm of the village, his cousin Edith, a sophisticated Socialite, offers a solution.
She suggests that he follows in the footsteps of many an impoverished English aristocrat and marries a wealthy American heiress – she even has a fitting bride in mind from her recent visit to New York.
With no viable alternative and a pressing demand for money, a wedding is hastily arranged – but will the English traditions of generations of the Burn’s family be overshadowed by the razzle-dazzle of the Duke’s mother-in-law to be, Mrs. Vandevilt, the renowned New York hostess?
Horrified at being married for his title and not love, the Duke is so angry that he barely considers the feelings of his young and vulnerable bride. Meanwhile, the lovely Magnolia Vandevilt, one of the richest heiresses in America, is equally disgusted and contemptuous of a man who is marrying her only for her money.
Joined together in holy matrimony, can this marriage of convenience ever be more than a disappointment and battleground as both parties dream of the love they might have had?
November 8, 2022
Delightful read. Dan baru tau kalau ada 500 buku dari seri "eternal collection" ini. Sekarang aku gak akan bingung lagi harus baca apa beberapa tahun kedepan :D
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