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Barbara Cartland

1901 - 2000

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Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer, known as the Queen of Romance, who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century. Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television including A Hazard of Hearts, A Ghost in Monte Carlo and Duel of Hearts.Her novels have been translated from English into numerous languages, making Cartland the fifth most translated author worldwide, excluding biblical works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Cartland has received more than 1,520,808 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Barbara Cartland is the 1,617th most popular writer (down from 1,384th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,087th in 2019) and the 137th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.5M

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  • 56.89

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barbara Cartland ranks 1,617 out of 5,755Before her are Peter Benchley, Hincmar, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Javier Marías, and David Ogilvy. After her are Tanya Savicheva, Olaus Petri, Raul Hilberg, Archestratus, Watchman Nee, and Mikhail Zoshchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Barbara Cartland ranks 78Before her are Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Gino Cervi, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Yang Kaihui, Eric Voegelin, and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. After her are George Gallup, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Ub Iwerks, Alexander Fadeyev, Otto Wächter, and Nicola Abbagnano. Among people deceased in 2000, Barbara Cartland ranks 68Before her are Noboru Takeshita, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Ivan Stambolić, Kemal Sunal, Phạm Văn Đồng, and Claude Sautet. After her are Libertad Lamarque, Franck Pourcel, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Pierre Plantard, Ahmet Kaya, and Roger Peyrefitte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Cartland ranks 1,295 out of 7,765Before her are Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Pattie Boyd (1944), Mark Phillips (1948), John Boyd Orr (1880), Williamina Fleming (1857), and David Ogilvy (1911). After her are Tom Hiddleston (1981), Alexander of Hales (1175), Michael Redgrave (1908), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), Martin Lowry (1874), and Thomas Addison (1793).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Cartland ranks 137Before her are Lee Child (1954), P. D. James (1920), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Alistair MacLean (1922), Colin Wilson (1931), and David Ogilvy (1911). After her are Ted Hughes (1930), Ruth Rendell (1930), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), John Gay (1685), and Joseph Addison (1672).