Jean Plaidy
author : Jean Plaidy
category : Historical, Mystery, Romantic Suspense
(Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert)
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aka Eleanor Burford, Philippa Carr, Elbur Ford, Victoria Holt, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, Ellalice Tate
Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert, was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She used eight pennames during her career and many of her readersunder one penname never suspected her other identities. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she createdher first and most prolific pseudonym: Jean Plaidy. In the 1950's she used the pseudonyms: Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. In 1960, shecreated the pseudonyms: Anna Percival and the popular Victoria Holt. In 1972, she created her last pseudonym Philippa Carr. (Some of her novels werereedited as different pseudonyms)
Eleanor Alice Burford was born on September 01, 1906 in Kensington, London.Her father, Joseph Burford, was something of an odd-job man, with no steady profession, but he quickly passed on his great love of books to his youngdaughter. She was an avid reader from the age of four onwards. In her early twenties, she married a leather merchant, George Percival Hibbert, whoshared her love of books and reading.
She died on January 18, 1993 at sea, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt. By the time of her death, the novels of Jean Plaidy had sold morethan 14 million copies worldwide. Her last novel The Black Opal as Victoria Holt was published posthumously, under this pseudonym, she sold 56 millon copies and as Phillipa Carr, 3 million.
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Jean Plaidy Book Series
A Health Unto His Majesty
Courting Her Highness
The Queen's Husband
To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Queen in Waiting: (Georgian Series)
Daughter of Satan
The Follies of the King
The Revolt of the Eaglets
The Hammer of the Scots
In the Shadow of the Crown
Goddess of the Green Room: (Georgian Series)
Caroline the Queen
The Rose Without a Thorn
Victoria in the Wings: (Georgian Series)
The Italian Woman
The Bastard King
Queen of This Realm
The Road to Compiegne
The Merry Monarch's Wife
The Captive Queen of Scots
Light on Lucrezia: A Novel of the Borgias
The Third George: (Georgian Series)
Passage to Pontefract
The Three Crowns epub
The Red Rose of Anjou
The Passionate Enemies
The Third George
The Murder in the Tower: The Story of Frances, Countess of Essex
The Princess of Celle: (Georgian Series)
Royal Sisters: The Story of the Daughters of James II
Katharine of Aragon
Beyond the Blue Mountains
Perdita's Prince: (Georgian Series)
The Queen from Provence
The Widow of Windsor
The Shadow of the Pomegranate
The Battle of the Queens
Madame Serpent
The Lion of Justice
The King's Confidante: The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More
The Wondering Prince
Plantagenet 1 - The Plantagenet Prelude
The Star of Lancaster
Louis the Well-Beloved
A Favorite of the Queen: The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth 1
The Queen's Secret
The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Vow on the Heron
Flaunting, Extravagant Queen
Loyal in Love: Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I
Mary, Queen of France: The Story of the Youngest Sister of Henry VIII
For a Queen's Love: The Stories of the Royal Wives of Philip II
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria
The Heart of the Lion
Madonna of the Seven Hills: A Novel of the Borgias
The Queen's Favourites aka Courting Her Highness (v5)
The King's Secret Matter
The Sixth Wife: The Story of Katherine Parr
The Lady in the Tower
The Complete Tudors: Nine Historical Novels
Queen Jezebel
The Thistle and the Rose
Castile for Isabella
Royal Road to Fotheringhay
Murder Most Royal: The Story of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill: (Georgian Series)