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Penniless virgins. Reckless dukes. Flappers. Airmen. Suf fragettes. Barbara Cartland made them fall in love. She wrote 723 books without touching a typewriter: instead, she reclined on her sofa with a Pekinese on her lap - and romantic fiction billowed out of her.
Writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet has drawn on archives and firsthand accounts to reveal the woman behind the powder and mascara - a clever, socially precarious writer navigating a twentieth-century world of war-damaged men, class conflict and sexual peril.
Part satire, part biography, part social history, The Great Dictator reveals how a literary legend was made.
Talking to Clare Clark
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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| Standard | £10.00 |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
| Matthew Sweet: A Life Of Barbara Cartland (24 Sept 2026) | ||
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| Thursday | 14:00 | |
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