The Heart Triumphant
by Barbara Cartland
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In a few short hours Cerissa would have everything she thought she wanted.
A wealthy young lord was anxiously awaiting their wedding. Cerissa would become a great lady. No one would ever again mention her low birth.
Yet her heart pounded for the gallant young guardian who had seen her safely to England. Penniless as he was, it was Sheldon that Cerissa really loved.
But now he was leaving her in the care of the foolish lord who would be her husband. He would soon depart to another country and remain a lifetime away.
Cerissa was suddenly aware that her charade had worked perfectly. She had deceived everyone. But could she fool her own heart?
A wealthy young lord was anxiously awaiting their wedding. Cerissa would become a great lady. No one would ever again mention her low birth.
Yet her heart pounded for the gallant young guardian who had seen her safely to England. Penniless as he was, it was Sheldon that Cerissa really loved.
But now he was leaving her in the care of the foolish lord who would be her husband. He would soon depart to another country and remain a lifetime away.
Cerissa was suddenly aware that her charade had worked perfectly. She had deceived everyone. But could she fool her own heart?
The Heart Triumphant is #53 in the Bantam series and was published in December 1976. It is the story of Cerissa and Sheldon, who she meets on board a ship crossing the English channel. She is the illegitimate daughter of a French Duc while his family sent him away from England in his youth. Can the adventuress and adventurer ever have a life together?
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Barbara Cartland was born in Edgbaston, England on July 9, 1901, and christened as Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland. With her mother and two younger brothers, she moved to London in 1918 after her father was killed during World War I. In 1920, Cartland began writing society gossip pieces for London's Daily Express. Her first novel, Jig-Saw, was show more published in 1923. Barbara Cartland married Alexander McCorquodale in 1927. In 1929, the couple had a daughter, Raine, who later went on to become stepmother to the late Diana Princess of Wales. Cartland divorced McCorquodale in 1932, and in 1936 married Hugh McCorquodale, a cousin of her exhusband. Cartland has written over 600 books, mostly romance novels for women readers, and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's top-selling author. Cartland's autobiography, I Reach for the Stars: An Autobiography, was published in 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1976-09
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- Cerissa; Sheldon
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- England, UK
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