THE PRINCE AND THE PEKINGESE (王子とペキニーズ)
Book ID/图书代码： 11712014B69263
English Summary/英文概要： "You have come!" the Prince exclaimed. "Yes," said Angelina softly. "I have come." The Prince paused for a moment looking at the beautiful young woman in a way that made her tremble. Would the Prince be able to accept her love and rule his country?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “您来了!” 王子惊叹。 “是的”， Angelina温柔地回复道。 “我来了”。 王子驻足凝望着美丽的少妇眼神不禁让她为之一颤。 王子能否江山与美人兼得？(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：The Prince of Cephalonia (an island independent from Greece) visits the Ministry house next door to where Angelina resides with her grandmother. As life is very mundane within the confines of the elderly woman’s house, Angelina takes full advantage of glancing at the goings on next door from the locked neighborhood garden where she walks her little Peke Twi-Twi.
But one day Twi-Twi runs after a ginger cat right into the Ministry house and Angelina unexpectedly meets the Prince!! He is enchanted by her, and after one clandestine (but innocent) meeting, Xenos (the Prince) declares his love for her, as she does for him. Unfortunately, Xenos must marry a princess, their love must remain unrequited and they must part. Then a fortuitous and almost deadly event leads to a revelation about Angelina’s background that may make marriage a reality!
I like that Cartland always includes "author’s notes" about events the story is based on. Her books are short and sweet. The heroes strive to be better than they have been and her heroines are always so pure and untouched. Fantasy fiction at its best! Twi-Twi was a cute addition to this story and was named after the author’s own Peke.
About the Author/作者介绍： Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was a English writer, during her long career, she wrote over 700 books, making her one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. She sold over 1,000 million copies throughout the world, earning her a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The world’s most famous romantic novelist, she also wrote autobiographies, biographies, health and cookery books, and stage plays and recorded an album of love songs. She was often billed as the Queen of Romance, and became one of the United Kingdom’s most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health and social issues.
She started her writing career as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express. She published her first novel, Jigsaw, a society thriller, in 1923. It was a bestseller. She went on to write myriad novels and earn legions of fans, she also wrote under her married name Barbara McCorquodale. Some of her books were made into films. Ever the romantic, during WWII, she served as the Chief Lady Welfare Officer in Bedfordshire. She gathered as many wedding dresses as she could so that service brides would have a white gown to wear on their wedding day. She also campaigns for the rights of Gypsies, midwives and nurses.
Barbara Cartland McCorquodale passed away on 21 May 2000, with 160 still unpublished manuscripts, that are being published posthumously.
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