France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.

Cartland maintained a long-time friendship with Lord Mountbatten of Burma whose 1979 murder Barbara Cartland claimed was the "greatest sadness of my life". At that time her publiBarbara Cartlandrs estimated that since her writing career began in 1923 Cartland had produced a total of 723 titles. Cartland admitted Barbara Cartland was inspired in her early work by the novels of Edwardian author Elinor Glyn whom Barbara Cartland idolized and eventually befriended.

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland DBE CStJ (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English author one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. As Barbara Cartland Barbara Cartland is known for her numerous fictional romantic novels but Barbara Cartland also wrote under her married name Barbara McCorquodale.