A Coronation of Love

An innocent eighteen-year-old English Beauty Aldrina becomes reluctant Queen of the sun-kissed Aegean land of Saria after an arranged marriage to a dying King… Now her husband's dead, an evil, depraved Prince lusts relentlessly after her Throne – and her body…
Fleeing to an isolated "Fairytale Palace" by the sea, she meets a Greek God in human form as she helps him haul his boat ashore. And this impossibly handsome stranger – the Apollo to Aldrina's Aphrodite – changes her life forever…

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.