Fille de Granit Garson, le richissime homme d'affaires anglais, Elita étouffe dans sa cage dorée. Et quand son père veut lui faire épouser Alan Doughty, ambitieux mais mortellement ennuyeux, c'est plus qu'Elita ne peut en supporter. En quelques minutes sa valise est bouclée et sa décision prise : adieu oisiveté, palaces, Rolls et grands couturiers... Vive la liberté et la vraie vie ! Grâce au troublant Hans Knussen, qu'elle a rencontré avant de s'enfuir, elle s'envole pour Copenhague comme hôtesse de l'air. Elle se trouve alors entraînée, malgré elle, dans une suite d'aventures rocambolesques. La mort est là qui rôde... mais aussi l'amour qu'elle attendait depuis toujours.
Author
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 Barbara Cartland McCorquodale passed away on 21 May 2000, with 160 still unpublished manuscripts, that are being published posthumously.
