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Journey to Paradise
Kamala var ung och vacker. Ändå var hon olycklig. Så olycklig att hon måste fly! Hennes grymme morbror och förmyndare ville tvinga henne att gifta sig med en gammal knarrig general! Så hon rymde - och träffade Conrad, som tog henne med på en rad svindlande äventyr. Visst råkar hon på både farsot, galenskap och ond bråd död, men vad gör det när den vilda flykten till sist visade sig vara en underbar resa till kärlekens paradis. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer. Kärleken är häftig mellan de passionerade hjältarna och vackra hjältinnorna, men gång på gång går de igenom prövningar. Men äkta kärlek är alltid starkast och det finns ingenting den inte kan besegra.
217 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1979
About the author
Barbara Cartland
1,049 books849 followersBorn in 1901, Barbara Cartland started her writing career in journalism and completed her first book, Jigsaw, when she was just 24. An immediate success, it was the start of her journey to becoming the world’s most famous and most read romantic novelist of all time. Inspiring a whole generation of readers around the globe with her exciting tales of adventure, love and intrigue, she became synonymous with the Romance genre. And she still is to this day, having written over 644 romantic fiction books.
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
As well as romantic novels, she wrote historical biographies, 6 autobiographies, plays, music, poetry and several advice books on life, love, health and cookery – totalling an incredible 723 books in all, with over 1 billion in sales.
Awarded the DBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991 in honour of her literary, political and social contributions, she was President of the Hertfordshire branch of the Royal College of Midwives as well as a Dame of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Deputy President of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Always a passionate advocate of woman’s health and beauty, she was dubbed ‘the true Queen of Romance’ by Vogue magazine in her lifetime. Her legend continues today through her wonderfully vivid romantic tales, stories that help you escape from the day to day into the dramatic adventures of strong, beautiful women who battle, often against the odds, eventually to find that love conquers all.
Find out more about the incredible life and works of Dame Barbara Cartland at www.barbaracartland.com
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April 8, 2023
Kamala runs away from her nefarious uncle who tries to marry her off to an old man (and marry his jealous daughter Sophie to a penniless Marquis desperate for money). At least, Kamala tries to run away. While she escapes, she crosses paths with a man named Conrad during a fox hunt and ends up staying behind with him to help his recovery after he falls from his horse and breaks his collarbone. They hastily pose as brother and sister to prevent getting into trouble for being traveling together. This farce continues after Conrad reveals that he needs to get a job on the next ship out to make enough money to keep his sick mother and crumbling estate afloat—because lying enables Kamala’s freedom. Kamala refuses to leave him after they snuggle for warmth in an empty cottage.
Conrad gets a job on a cargo ship to Mexico. The captain wants Kamala as his mistress, but he ends up dying from smallpox (everyone who lived had been vaccinated). They travel to MX where the Don tries to force Kamala to marry him since the town psychic predicted it. Turns out to be a lie—the prediction was made up to make her sister jealous. Conrad and Kamala buy their freedom using Zomba the psychic’s influence and left escapes the city. We get a plot twist where it turns out that Conrad was the penniless Marquis. But she still loves him and that bombshell doesn’t make her ask for an annulment.
I enjoyed that the two characters were not rich and continued to have self-made wealth instead of a landslide inheritance. The struggle continues but it makes their love for each other more believable.
Conrad gets a job on a cargo ship to Mexico. The captain wants Kamala as his mistress, but he ends up dying from smallpox (everyone who lived had been vaccinated). They travel to MX where the Don tries to force Kamala to marry him since the town psychic predicted it. Turns out to be a lie—the prediction was made up to make her sister jealous. Conrad and Kamala buy their freedom using Zomba the psychic’s influence and left escapes the city. We get a plot twist where it turns out that Conrad was the penniless Marquis. But she still loves him and that bombshell doesn’t make her ask for an annulment.
I enjoyed that the two characters were not rich and continued to have self-made wealth instead of a landslide inheritance. The struggle continues but it makes their love for each other more believable.
May 26, 2022
I used to pick up Barbara Cartland's books when I was younger, but it has been years since I last read any. So, on a whim I decided to read one to see if I still liked them. The more I read Journey to Paradise the more I remembered why I stopped reading them. I did like the romance between Kamala and Conrad, it was sweet. I think it is the writing style that kind of drives me crazy. The characters tend to be fairly melodramatic. Also, the main character Kamala speaks in ellipsis.
Like...every...other...word...is...broken...up...with...them.
It gets really annoying; I think it's to show how timidly she is speaking but it gets old really fast. If I am remembering correctly Cartland writes a lot of her heroines like that. Then there is the casual racism that pops up every now and then.
Other then that it is an easy read but over all I think this book is just okay.
Like...every...other...word...is...broken...up...with...them.
It gets really annoying; I think it's to show how timidly she is speaking but it gets old really fast. If I am remembering correctly Cartland writes a lot of her heroines like that. Then there is the casual racism that pops up every now and then.
Other then that it is an easy read but over all I think this book is just okay.
June 10, 2024
As always Cartland has a great story to tell. She obviously travelled and met a great many people to inspire her stories. The drawbacks are always the same, there is little depth, no angst and no character growth. They are quick and easy reads, without the entanglement of your emotions. Her characters are ones you want to explore to deeper depths.
January 23, 2021
Very interesting travel book and what these two people get into!
November 14, 2023
Love it, still one of my favourites 😍
March 29, 2023
Beautiful young Kamala Lindsey knew she had to run away. Her cruel uncle, with his Victorian ideas, had threatened her life if she did not marry whom he wanted --a tired old man of sixty!
And so, she did run. She was going to France to start a new life of her own. But on her way she met the hand-some dark stranger Conrad Veryan, a man desperate for riches but more desperate for love. He was traveling to Mexico in search of diamonds and Kamala decided to go with him.
It proved to be no ordinary trip. Kamala suddenly found herself caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and threatening peril in Mexico.
And so, she did run. She was going to France to start a new life of her own. But on her way she met the hand-some dark stranger Conrad Veryan, a man desperate for riches but more desperate for love. He was traveling to Mexico in search of diamonds and Kamala decided to go with him.
It proved to be no ordinary trip. Kamala suddenly found herself caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and threatening peril in Mexico.
December 4, 2023
Language is very outdated and there are strong "colonialist" overtones. The romance was strong and there were several unexpected twists.
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