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Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert
Eleanor Alice Burford.
Eleanor Alice Burford.
BornSeptember 01, 1906
Kensington, London (England, United Kingdom) United Kingdom
DiedJanuary 08, 1993
Pen nameEleanor Burford,
Jean Plaidy,
Elbur Ford,
Kathleen Kellow,
Ellalice Tate,
Anna Percival,
Victoria Holt,
Philippa Carr
OccupationNovelist
Nationality(English, United Kingdom) United Kingdom
Period1941 - Present
GenreRomance, Fantasy, Suspense

Jean Plaidy was a pen name of British author Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, also known as Philippa Carr and Victoria Holt.

Hibbert, as Plaidy, was a popular British historical novelist of the 20th century. She wrote over eighty historical novels, which nowadays tend to be disparaged by serious enthusiasts of history and more elevated historical fiction, but which served the useful purpose of bringing historical figures and events to a wider readership.

The Norman Trilogy

  • The Bastard King (1974)
  • The Lion of Justice (1975)
  • The Passionate Enemies (1976)

The Plantagenet Saga

  • The Plantagenet Prelude (1976)
  • The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977)
  • The Heart of the Lion (1977)
  • The Prince of Darkness (1978)
  • The Battle of the Queens (1978)
  • The Queen from Provence (1979)
  • Hammer of the Scots (also published as Edward Longshanks) (1979)
  • The Follies of the King (1980)
  • The Vow on the Heron (1980)
  • Passage to Pontefract (1981)
  • The Star of Lancaster (1981)
  • Epitaph for Three Women (1981)
  • Red Rose of Anjou (1982)
  • Sun in Splendour (1982)

The Tudor Novels

The Stuart Saga

  • Murder in the Tower (1964)
  • A Health Unto His Majesty (1956)
  • The Wandering Prince (1956)
  • Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957)
  • The Three Crowns (1965)
  • The Haunted Sisters (1966)
  • The Queen's Favourites (1966)

The Georgian Saga

  • The Princess of Celle (1967)
  • Queen in Waiting (1967)
  • Caroline, the Queen (1968)
  • The Prince and the Quakeress (1975)
  • The Third George (1969)
  • Perdita's Prince (1969)
  • Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill (1970)
  • Indiscretions of the Queen (1970)
  • Regent's Daughter (1971)
  • Goddess of the Green Room (1971)
  • Victoria in the Wings (1972)

The Queen Victoria Series

  • The Captive of Kensington Palace (1972)
  • The Queen and Lord M (1973)
  • The Queen's Husband (1973)
  • The Widow of Windsor (1974)

The Queens of England Series

  • Myself My Enemy (1983)
  • Queen of This Realm: The Story of Elizabeth I (1984)
  • Victoria Victorious (1985)
  • The Lady in the Tower (1986)
  • The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1987)
  • In the Shadow of the Crown (1988)
  • The Queen's Secret: The Story of Queen Katherine (1989)
  • The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York (1990)
  • The Pleasures of Love: The Story of Catherine of Braganza (1991)
  • William's Wife (1992)
  • The Rose Without a Thorn (1993)

The Mary Queen of Scots Series

  • Royal Road to Fotheringay (1955)
  • The Captive Queen of Scots (1963)

The Ferdinand and Isabella Trilogy

  • Castille for Isabella
  • Spain for the Sovereigns
  • Daughter of Spain (1961)

The Medici Trilogy

  • Madame Serpent (1951)
  • The Italian Woman (1952)
  • Queen Jezebel (1953)

The Lucrezia Borgia Series

  • Madonna of the Seven Hills (1958)
  • Light on Lucrezia (1958)

The French Revolution Series

  • Louis the Well Beloved (1959)
  • The Road to Compiegne (1959)
  • Flaunting, Extravagant Queen (1957)

Novels

  • Beyond the Blue Mountains (1948)
  • The Goldsmith's Wife (1950)
  • Daughter of Satan (1952)
  • Lilith (1954)
  • Melisande (It Began in Vauxhall Gardens) (1955)
  • The Scarlet Cloak (1957)
  • Milady Charlotte (1959)
  • Defenders of the Faith
  • Madame du Barry
  • Evergreen Gallant
  • The King's Adventurer

Children's Novels

  • The Young Elizabeth (1961)
  • The Young Mary Queen of Scots (1962)
  • Meg Roper

Non-fiction

  • Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland (1975)
  • A Triptych of Poisoners
  • The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition
  • The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition
  • The End of the Spanish Inquisition


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