The Wicked Marquis

By Barbara Cartland

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 009908970X
• ISBN13: 9780099089704
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A book of pure and simple romance and nothing more...

The Wicked Marquis is simply the best book Barbara Cartland has written. It lies on my book shelve held together by tape; worn out from the many hundreds of times I have read it. To put it simply, as in all Barbara Cartland books, girl meets boy, they fall in love and the live happily ever after--Period. It is hard nowdays to find a romance novel that deals with just that-Romance. We, as women know that the best part of love is the getting there. Some would call it the chase, I would call it old fashioned courting...its the magical feeling of falling in love with someone. I think that is what I like most about Barbara Cartland's books. She doesn't concentrate on the sexual encounters, she focuses on the actual romance that sends the heart to all levels of emotion. For me, once a modern day romance novel hits a sexual level, the heart-dropping, butterflies in your stomach feeling of romance ends and it is all down hill from there. A good read, but probably a little old fashioned for some.

Pleasant & Interesting Cartland Book

Saved from drunks by a handsome gentleman, he demands a reward and kisses Orelia, our gentle innocent heroine. Both go on their separate ways yet Orelia cannot forget her savior. Months later, Orelia travels to London with her cousin Caroline. Caroline has lived a rather wild life due to the unhappiness of unrequited love. But Caroline tells Orelia that she is now engaged to a wealthy Marquis of Ryde! Once in London, they remain in the Marquis's home with his mother as their chaperone. The Dowager Duchess turns out to be a nasty villain who really never gets her due in the end. Of course the Marquis turns out to be the man who saved Orelia. But he does not appear to even remember the kiss, as Orelia finds herself falling in love with him. She begins to understand why he has a cold nature, yet is unafraid of him. She expresses her feelings to him and in turn the Marquis begins to open up to her. He eventually tells her the kiss meant everything to him but he must honor his betrothal to her cousin even though neither is in love. It appears to be an unhappy marriage in the making as the wedding day approaches. Although you either love Cartland books or not, I was pleased to find this heroine had a little backbone. Orelia fought for the people she came in contact with, whether it was the Marquis's nephew or just a servant. She stood up for what was right and I think astonished the Marquis with her knowledge and convincing arguments. There are some frightening situations involving a kidnapping and other assorted adventures. This longer Cartland novel allowed for some more situations than are normally in her books. Truly enjoyable and memorable characters.

One of Barbara Cartland's best novels!

Orelia Stanyon is a country girl with little family, only a dying uncle and a wild cousin. One day as she returns from a visit to an ill woman, she is rescued by a mysterious stranger whom she is unable to forget. Months later, her cousin Caroline returns home, announcing an engagement to the Marquis of Ryde. Soon Orelia finds herself on the way to London as a companion to her cousin until the wedding. Upon arriving at the home of the marquis, she is startled to find that her cousin is to marry the very stranger that had rescued her! With being thrown into high society, a plotting Dowager, and her cousin's engagement, the road to love seems lost.This is a wonderful story by Barbara Cartland. There is danger and suspense, love and hate. But as in any Barbara Cartland novel, you know that love will win in the end and order will return to the world.