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These actually weren’t fan letters as we understand them, Sweet explains, but readers seeking help. Cartland, who started her literary career as a gossip columnist for publications including Tatler, was an agony aunt of sorts. ‘Those filing cabinets contain letters from people asking for advice about sex and relationships,’ Sweet says.
It wasn’t Cartland’s only sideline. Long before Martha Stewart and co built empires, Cartland was a pioneer forging her own, distinctly pink, world,…
