She was and will remain an author whom we can introduce to our children and I think that is the secret of her success

Minnu Serene Jacob, Kuwait

I had the joy of reading her books at the stage in life when love and romance are at the forefront of our thoughts. Her books depicted love in all purity, without breaking moral standards. Her books transported me through time and cultures in a gentle manner and I have always enjoyed spending an evening with her books. She was and will remain an author whom we can introduce to our children and I think that is the secret of her success.
Minnu Serene Jacob, Kuwait

Although never a prude, Dame Barbara's books emphasise the spiritual aspects of love - the aspects that sustain us when our bodies begin to fail. Too, her writings on nutrition have influenced me tremendously. Finally, Dame Barbara was not a great writer as in Shakespeare or Austen or Shelley and did not pretend to be. However, what greater service is there than to "shed joy around" (Victor Hugo)?
Cynthia Dior, US

I read Barbara's books in my secondary school days. They bring joy to my soul and love to my heart

Yinka Omidosu, Nigeria

Whilst I have never read any of her books, I can appreciate the joy that she brought to so many, writing of a time which sadly no longer exists. What is wrong with romance, chastity and fidelity? Surely these are standards which we would all like our children to aspire to?
Dave Jones, UK

I read Barbara's book in my secondary school days. They bring joy to my soul and love to my heart. May her gentle soul rest in the bosom of the almighty.
Yinka Omidosu, Nigeria

Am I the only man in England to have read every one of her books? I'd be keen to know!
Andrew Wyndham Rougier Chapman, UK

Farewell, Dame Cartland - you gave the world hope of what is good and pure within our inner selves. God be with you. Rest in peace.
Trudy Senjudo, USA

I thought her a great lady and I never felt she thought she was above us ordinary people.

Ruby, Canada

I enjoyed reading all of Barbara Cartlands books. I have over 500 of them not just romance but others also. She sent me the book How I want to be Remembered even before it was officially published. I thought her a great lady and I never felt she thought she was above us ordinary people. She answered many of my letters. I will miss her.
Ruby, Canada

I came across her books in a thrift store when I was 20. I was expecting my first child, and we didn't have much money. My husband made a deal for a box of 150 of the paperbacks. When I needed to relax and unwind, I would pick one up and let my mind go to another place. She was wonderfully adept at creating an atmosphere and a historical notion of time and place. The pseudo-literati should be ashamed of attacking what they can't possibly understand.
Sue Kelley, USA

There is nothing like a dame and in this case she did it with class, wit and style. Who cares what the books were like we bought them - she wrote them. Another legend gone before her time!
Marc Goodman, USA/UK

I always thought she was charming in an eccentric sort of way.

Faye, USA

I always thought she was charming in an eccentric sort of way. I love to read her novels when I need a "fantasy break" to escape from the complexities of everyday, real life. Some of her ideas may not have been politically correct, but, all in all, I think we are diminished by the demise of this interesting lady. The world is a little chillier today.
Faye, USA

She was the fairy godmother of every romance reader and writer in the world. Her accomplishments were legion. Her works will live on. Rest in peace.
Kim, USA

She was colourful and didn't give a damn! She also got up the nose of the chattering classes and literati.

Janet, UK

A beautiful flower has wilted. The world is a little darker. There's one more angel in heaven. And it's probably very pink.
Harry Nicol, Scotland

She was colourful and didn't give a damn! She also got up the nose of the chattering classes and literati. Wonderful!
Janet, UK

I neither liked nor admired Dame Barbara Cartland, but the snide, venomous comments submitted and published here on her death, are in more poor taste than she ever was. Why bother being so nasty? She wasn't Hitler!
Mike Conomos, Australia

Bless Barbara Cartland for the joy she bought to so many people through her novels. She was an amazing woman - pity there aren't more like her.
Tracey Trodden, England

Damn Barbara Cartland will be sorely missed in charity shops the length and breadth of Britain. The millions of books she has sold worldwide will stand as a lasting monument to the banality of people everywhere. Only Jeffery Archer has inflicted greater injury on the body of English literature.
Thomas , UK

I think she was a wonderful woman standing out from the crowd. She was happy both in her private life and in her career.

Anna Isaeva, Russia

In a world where there are no manners, morals or decency anymore, Barbara Cartland was a breath of fresh air. She stood for everything that was right and good and I am very sad to see that women have lost their caring, nurturing and feminine nature. I too love the colour pink, it resembles romantic softness, and everything a woman should be. Rest in eternal piece Barbara.
Ann Livesey, United Kingdom

I find it odd that even though she sold a billion copies in 38 languages, I cannot find a single person who'll admit to having read any of her work. It's stigma factor is only surpassed by Mills and Boon.
Ian Marshal, UK

I eagerly awaited her novels when they came out. She was a terrific novelist, and the novels I still have of hers, I will cherish. She will be duly missed. May she rest in peace.
Faith Allan, USA

A self-created international pop icon. An inspiration. A legend. Thanks to Dame Barbara, some of us will forever think pink.
Judy McAlpine, Australia

She had zero literary talent and execrable dress sense. Oh, and she was an insufferable snob and a bore to boot. The fact that her 'work' was so popular certainly brings home the truth of the dictum, 'There's one born every minute'.
Howard J. Rogers, Australia

Go gently into the night and rest in peace, Barbara Cartland - you were a lady.

Pat van der Veer, a Brit in Nova Scotia

Barbara Cartland showed the world a gentler and more romantic life through her novels. I grew up with her romantic stories. Everyone needs to dream and hope, for the real world is too much with us. Go gently into the night and rest in peace, Barbara Cartland - you were a lady.
Pat van der Veer, a Brit in Nova Scotia

I read and loved her novels. She was wonderful in giving the moral lessons of chastity and respect. Goodbye Lady Pink - you will always be in our hearts.
Shaheen, India

I think she was a wonderful woman standing out from the crowd. She was happy both in her private life and in her career - she's an example for everybody.
Anna Isaeva, Russia

Whenever I hear someone mention Dame Barbara Cartland I always have, and always will, just think of one word - PINK!
Kiz, UK

A piece of history who will never be forgotten
Grace Phelan, Italy

We women don't need pampered millionaires scolding us for running our lives as we see fit. And we don't need their implausible melodramas, either.

Charlene, Canada

Perhaps her works were ignored by critics because they deserved to be ignored by critics. Dame Barbara blamed women for the permissive society. She blamed women for teen violence. She blamed women for - well, let's face it: Dame Barbara blamed women for everything. Maybe that attitude was acceptable a century ago, but no longer. We women don't need pampered millionaires scolding us for running our lives as we see fit. And we don't need their implausible melodramas, either.
Charlene, Canada

I read so many of her in translations while I was young as a teen. She showed me many worlds of dreaming love stories and beautiful foreign countries. Compared to what we have now in market, her love is certainly not messy. How we wish.
Hsumao, USA

I found her rather trite. She hinted at gay romance, but never explored it. Way too much PINK, but that was her style I suppose.
Robert, UGA

She was an abysmal writer but a brilliant self-publicist.
Tom, UK

I remember reading her books when I was quite young, 11 or 12 years old or so. They were all very sweet, gave moral lessons of chastity and respect for oneself without hitting you over the head with it. She in a small way helped to form my moral compass.
Lanne, USA

Dame Barbara was a great entertainment personality who undoubtedly made a great contribution in terms of relaxation and entertainment value but I'm glad her societal ideas and values aren't the prevailing ones.
Anna, Finland

Dame Barbara brought joy to millions with her beautiful and thought provoking books. She came to personify a whole genre - what other artiste can claim that honour?
Roy McBoyd, UK

She was my mother's favorite writer. I used to remember seen my mother reading one of her novel translated in Spanish. I always remembered Barbara because my mother told me that she was a great lady. Farewell Lady Pink.
Javier Arroyo, Puerto Rico

She was a terrible snob who looked down on ordinary people, and believed that the aristocracy were superior.
David E Flavell, England

If there is truth in the rumour that Barbara Cartland has bequeathed the nation several unpublished manuscripts, one can only hope that they are buried with her.
Paul Murphy, UK

I especially liked her description of the costumes worn by the characters in her books.
Alana M. Holste, USA