Love In The Ruins

by Barbara Cartland

Finding herself orphaned and penniless in Tunisia, Mimosa Shenson, the daughter of a historian, steps into her missing cousin's life as a means of returning to Britain, but she is unaware of her cousin's scandalous reputation. Original.

Genres: Romance

165 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published October 1, 1995

About the author

Born 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

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

“To lie is not only cowardly, it is also degrading. It humiliates you and makes you unclean in your own eyes. What is more, a lie is invariably found out.” Upon her father’s death Mimosa’s life becomes a masquerade. She assumes her kidnapped cousin Minerva’s identity and sets establishes herself in her Tunisian villa. When she is blackmailed by a French count out to steal her cousin’s fortune, dashing English duke and archeologist Alrock sweeps her off her feet and into the ruins of Thurburo Maius. Mimosa’s true identity is revealed when she strips down to her bodice and muslin to scare off marauders as ghost of the Temple of Jupiter. Mimosa and the duke flee the country and live happily ever after. A simplistic story rescued by its splendid setting.

[Kristi Einberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my biggest faves from Cartland. This book made me want to visit Thuburbo Majus myself. :P
When it comes to Cartland's books then obviously romance part is my absolute fave. Especially those happy endings, last pages. But i also love how she tells about cities/countries, historical buildings or events, historical characters etc. I love how she intertwines(?) those/them in her stories.

[Meena Narag · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Evie Fitzgerld · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm only in 8th grade and I read this book and I instantly fell in love with this book,

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Shallow plot. Shallow characters. I guess a person can put out 147 books if this is the kind of work they do. This one was set in Tunisia...that is why I was reading it. I did get a little flavor of Tunisia...a very little.