Jean Plaidy

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Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert
Nationality and residence: English.
Born: September 1, 1906 in Kensington, London, England.
Died: January 18, 1993 at sea, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt.
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Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert's Pseudonyms
Eleanor Burford Maiden name (1941-1962).
Elbur Ford Pseudonym (1950-1953).
Kathleen Kellow Pseudonym (1952-1960).
Ellalice Tate Pseudonym (1956-1961).
Anna Percival Pseudonym (1960).
Victoria Holt Pseudonym (1960-1993).
Philippa Carr Pseudonym (1972-1993).

About Jean Plaidy

Jean Plaidy is the most prolific pseudonym of the author.

Biography in Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert.

Bibliography

Single 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)
  • Evergreen Gallant (1965)
  • Defenders of the Faith* (1971)
  • Madame du Barry* (1994)
  • The King's Adventurer* (1996) (Originally This Was a Man by Ellalice Tate)

The Tudor Saga

  1. Uneasy Lies the Head (1982)
  2. Katharine, the Virgin Widow (1961)
  3. Shadow of the Pomegranate (1962)
  4. The King's Secret Matter (1962)
  5. Murder Most Royal (1949)
  6. Saint Thomas' Eve (1954)
  7. The Sixth Wife (1953)
  8. The Thistle and the Rose (1963)
  9. Mary, Queen of France (1964)
  10. Spanish Bridegroom (1954)
  11. Gay Lord Robert (1955)

The Catherine De Medici Trilogy

  1. Madame Serpent (1951)
  2. The Italian Woman (1952)
  3. Queen Jezebel (1953)
  • Catherine De Medici (omnibus) (1969)

The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series

  1. Royal Road to Fotheringay (1955)
  2. The Captive Queen of Scots (1963)

The Stuart Saga

  1. Murder in the Tower (1964)
  2. A Health Unto His Majesty (1956)
  3. The Wandering Prince (1956)
  4. Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957)
  5. The Three Crowns (1965)
  6. The Haunted Sisters (1966)
  7. The Queen's Favourites (1966)

The French Revolution Series

  1. Louis the Well Beloved (1959)
  2. The Road to Compiegne (1959)
  3. Flaunting, Extravagant Queen (1957)

The Lucrezia Borgia Series

  1. Madonna of the Seven Hills (1958)
  2. Light on Lucrezia (1958)

The Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy

  1. Castile for Isabella (1960)
  2. Spain for the Sovereigns (1960)
  3. Daughter of Spain (1961)
  • Isabella and Ferdinand (Omnibus) (1970)

The Georgian Saga

  1. The Princess of Celle (1967)
  2. Queen in Waiting (1967)
  3. Caroline, the Queen (1968)
  4. The Prince and the Quakeress (1975)
  5. The Third George (1969)
  6. Perdita's Prince (1969)
  7. Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill (1970)
  8. Indiscretions of the Queen (1970)
  9. Regent's Daughter (1971)
  10. Goddess of the Green Room (1971)
  11. Victoria in the Wings (1972)

The Queen Victoria Series

  1. The Captive of Kensington Palace (1972)
  2. The Queen and Lord M (1973)
  3. The Queen's Husband (1973)
  4. The Widow of Windsor (1974)

The Norman Trilogy

  1. The Bastard King (1974)
  2. The Lion of Justice (1975)
  3. The Passionate Enemies (1976)

The Plantagenet Saga

  1. The Plantagenet Prelude (1976)
  2. The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977)
  3. The Heart of the Lion (1977)
  4. The Prince of Darkness (1978)
  5. The Battle of the Queens (1978)
  6. The Queen from Provence (1979)
  7. Hammer of the Scots (also published as Edward Longshanks) (1979)
  8. The Follies of the King (1980)
  9. The Vow on the Heron (1980)
  10. Passage to Pontefract (1981)
  11. The Star of Lancaster (1981)
  12. Epitaph for Three Women (1981)
  13. Red Rose of Anjou (1982)
  14. Sun in Splendour (1982)

The Queens of England Series

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

Children's Novels

  • Meg Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More (1961)
  • The Young Elizabeth (1961)
  • The Young Mary Queen of Scots (1962)

Historical 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