104. A Heart Finds Love
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Authors: Barbara Cartland
BARBARA CARTLAND
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First published on the internet in May 2013 by Barbaracartland.com
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They galloped
along so fast that it was impossible to speak even though the Duke was beside
her.
Later the moon faded and the stars
went out one by one. Then the first
light of the rising sun appeared behind them in the East.
Of course they were riding much
faster and nonstop than they had in the Prince’s carriage from Batum and it was
not more than an hour or so later that they saw the Port just ahead of them.
‘We have done it!’ Alnina wanted to
cry.
But it was just impossible to speak
and difficult to breathe considering the pace they had been galloping.
At the same time because the Duke
was saved, she wanted to cry out with joy, but she could only say a prayer in
her heart.
‘Thank you, God. Thank you.’
She had saved him.
Even as she thought about it, she
knew then that she loved him.
Barbara Cartland was the most prolific bestselling author in the history of the world. She was frequently in the Guinness Book of Records for writing more books in a year than any other living author. In fact her most amazing literary feat was when her publishers asked for more Barbara Cartland romances, she doubled her output from 10 books a year to over 20 books a year, when she was 77.
She went on writing continuously at this rate for 20 years and wrote her last book at the age of 97, thus completing 400 books between the ages of 77 and 97.
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- The Cross Of Love
- Love In The Highlands
- Love Finds The Way
- The Castle Of Love
- Love Is Triumphant
- Stars In The Sky
- The Ship Of Love
- A Dangerous Disguise
- Love Became Theirs
- Love Drives In
- Sailing To Love
- The Star Of Love
- Music Is The Soul Of Love
- Love In The East
- Theirs To Eternity
- A Paradise On Earth
- Love Wins In Berlin
- In Search Of Love
- Love Rescues Rosanna
- A Heart In Heaven
- The House Of Happiness
- Royalty Defeated By Love
- The White Witch
- They Sought Love
- Love Is The Reason For Living
- They Found Their Way To Heaven
- Learning To Love
- Journey To Happiness
- A Kiss In The Desert
- The Heart Of Love
- The Richness Of Love
- For Ever And Ever
- An Unexpected Love
- Saved By An Angel
- Touching The Stars
- Seeking Love
- Journey To Love
- The Importance Of Love
- Love By The Lake
- A Dream Come True
- The King Without A Heart
- The Waters Of Love
- Danger To The Duke
- A Perfect Way To Heaven
- Follow Your Heart
- In Hiding
- Rivals For Love
- A Kiss From The Heart
- Lovers In London
- This Way To Heaven
- A Princess Prays
- Mine For Ever
- The Earl’s Revenge
- Love At The Tower
- Ruled By Love
- Love Came From Heaven
- Love And Apollo
- The Keys Of Love
- A Castle Of Dreams
- A Battle Of Brains
- A Change Of Hearts
- It Is Love
- The Triumph Of Love
- Wanted – A Royal Wife
- A Kiss Of Love
- To Heaven With Love
- Pray For Love
- The Marquis Is Trapped
- Hide And Seek For Love
- Hiding from Love
- A Teacher Of Love
- Money Or Love
- The Revelation Is Love
- The Tree Of Love
- The Magnificent Marquis
- The Castle
- The Gates of Paradise
- A Lucky Star
- A Heaven on Earth
- The Healing Hand
- A Virgin Bride
- The Trail to Love
- A Royal Love Match
- A Steeplechase for Love
- Love at Last
- Search for a Wife
- Secret Love
- A Miracle of Love
- Love and the Clans
- A Shooting Star
- The Winning Post is Love
- They Touched Heaven
- The Mountain of Love
- The Queen Wins
- Love and the Gods
- Joined by Love
- The Duke is Deceived
- A Prayer For Love
- Love Conquers War
- A Rose in Jeopardy
- A Call of Love
- A Flight to Heaven
- She Wanted Love
- A Heart Finds Love
Barbara Cartland, who sadly died in May 2000 at the grand age of ninety eight, remains one of the world’s most famous romantic novelists. With worldwide sales of over one billion, her outstanding 723 books have been translated into thirty six different languages, to be enjoyed by readers of romance globally.
Writing her first book ‘Jigsaw’ at the age of 21, Barbara became an immediate bestseller. Building upon this initial success, she wrote continuously throughout her life, producing bestsellers for an astonishing 76 years. In addition to Barbara Cartland’s legion of fans in the UK and across Europe, her books have always been immensely popular in the USA. In 1976 she achieved the unprecedented feat of having books at numbers 1 & 2 in the prestigious B. Dalton Bookseller bestsellers list.
Although she is often referred to as the ‘Queen of Romance’, Barbara Cartland also wrote several historical biographies, six autobiographies and numerous theatrical plays as well as books on life, love, health and cookery. Becoming one of Britain's most popular media personalities and dressed in her trademark pink, Barbara spoke on radio and television about social and political issues, as well as making many public appearances.
In 1991 she became a Dame of the Order of the British Empire for her contribution to literature and her work for humanitarian and charitable causes.
Known for her glamour, style, and vitality Barbara Cartland became a legend in her own lifetime. Best remembered for her wonderful romantic novels and loved by millions of readers worldwide, her books remain treasured for their heroic heroes, plucky heroines and traditional values. But above all, it was Barbara Cartland’s overriding belief in the positive power of love to help, heal and improve the quality of life for everyone that made her truly unique.
“Love is like a rock – it endures for ever”
Barbara Cartland
1880
Alnina looked round the room trying to see if there was anything else she could sell.
She had already sold everything of value that she could find in the house, but there were still a large number of debts outstanding.
Her brother, Charles, had been bankrupt, although no one had been aware of it when he died.
Now she was left to save what she could of a home that had been her father’s delight and joy and his father’s and grandfather’s before him.
Lord Lester had been, when he was a young man, very keen on travelling and as a result there were a great number of treasures in the house that he had brought from different parts of the world.
Alnina found that these had sold well and fetched much more than she anticipated.
Charles, the last of the Lester male line, as far as she knew, had been a wild spender ever since he came into the title and, because he was so handsome, he was a great success socially.
But what he really enjoyed was going off to Paris and spending a lot of money on the attractive women who had become famous all over Europe.
Alnina had at that time been at school and therefore was not aware of what her brother was doing.
Their father had always encouraged his children to learn languages and to be Cosmopolitan as well as English.
So she had stayed on an extra year at her school in Holland when she should have left, because she was very keen on learning more languages than she already knew.
Alnina had had a terrible shock when she arrived back in England.
She had learnt that her brother had fought a duel in Paris in which he was badly wounded and had died three days later.
As she had been away from home for so long, she had no idea where their other relations were or even if they had any nor did she want to seek them out and ask them to help her.
Instead she sent for her brother’s Solicitor and then, to her horror, she learnt of the enormous amount of debts he had run up in the last five years since he had become Lord Lester.
“I will have to sell everything I can to meet these debts,” she said to Mr. Burns the Solicitor.
“I am afraid, Miss Alnina,” he then replied, “that your brother’s creditors did not want to wait and were on the point, before his Lordship went abroad, of bringing a Court case against him.”
“I hope they will not do that to me,” Alnina asked.
“I can prevent them doing so,” Mr. Burns said, “but only if you can pay them back bit by bit all that is owed.”
“I will certainly do my best,” she answered, “but, as you know, a large house without many acres attached to it is not particularly interesting. We are unfortunately fairly near to London and I think people who are really social want either to be in London or much farther out in the country.”
Mr. Burns knew that this was true, but he was well aware that there had been no offers for the house since it had been put on the market.
Because he was a kind man and had known Alnina since she was a little girl, he had shown her how to sell the very best furniture at Christie’s auction rooms in London.
He had also sent quite a number of his clients down to the house to see if there was anything they wanted to buy.
