Moments of Love

by Barbara Cartland

Under ett besök i Frankrike tillsammans med sin far, hertigen av Faringham, träffar Simonetta en dag den unge, impressionistiske målaren Pierre Valéry. De blir förälskade i varandra vid första ögonkastet. Men Simonettas lycka övergår i sorg när hon inser att hon aldrig kommer att få tillåtelse att gifta sig med en fattig konstnär ...Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.

Genres: Romance, Fiction

150 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

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

[Kimberly Karalius · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was so excited about this book since it was going to be centered around the Impressionist painters, and that part of it didn’t disappoint. I enjoyed Cartland’s descriptions of Provence and watching the characters explore Impressionism in their paintings as they strove to master the style.

Which leads us to Simonetta who wants to be an Impressionist painter, and finally succeeds in convincing her father to take her with him on one of his art trips to Provence. As a Duke who wants to befriend painters, her father goes in disguise, so she has to pretend to be his art student. This little lie creates complications when she catches the eye of a creepy art dealer but also the attention of Pierre, an Impressionist amateur who wants her to model for his painting of an old temple ruin. Simonetta and Pierre fall in love but they are both hiding their real identities... which turns out to be a predictable but fun reveal at the end. Simonetta was likeable enough, but Pierre was so demanding and pushy that I couldn’t help but roll my eyes.

[Francesco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic Barbara Cartland romance novel: Clean with kisses.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh wow.

Sexist and ideal to the very core, half the time I wanted to clobber the heroine (Simonetta) because she was so virginal and unaware of how the real world works that I cannot imagine how she would have acted in her wedding night. Not to mention... all of her sentences... were like... this!

Seriously.

Maybe this was Ms. Cartland's way of differentiating the speakers or maybe that is meant to reflect how coy the protagonist is. Whatever the case, it is intolerable to get through.