Born London, 1 Sept. 1906; née Burford; m George Hibbert (decd); died 18 Jan. 1993

author

Education

privately

Publications

as Jean Plaidy: Together They Ride, 1945; Beyond The Blue Mountains, 1947; Murder Most Royal (and as The King’s Pleasure, USA), 1949; The Goldsmith’s Wife, 1950; Madame Serpent, 1951; Daughter of Satan, 1952; The Italian Woman, 1952; Sixth Wife, 1953, new edn 1969; Queen Jezebel, 1953; St Thomas’s Eve, 1954; The Spanish Bridegroom, 1954; Gay Lord Robert, 1955; The Royal Road to Fotheringay, 1955, new edn 1968; The Wandering Prince, 1956; A Health Unto His Majesty, 1956; Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord, 1956; Flaunting Extravagant Queen, 1956, new edn 1960; Triptych of Poisoners, 1958, new edn 1970; Madonna of the Seven Hills, 1958; Light on Lucrezia, 1958; Louis the Wellbeloved, 1959; The Road to Compiegne, 1959; The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition, 1959; The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition, 1960; Castile For Isabella, 1960; Spain for the Sovereigns, 1960; The End of the Spanish Inquisition, 1961; Daughters of Spain, 1961; Katherine, The Virgin Widow, 1961; Meg Roper, Daughter of Sir Thomas More (for children), 1961; The Young Elizabeth (for children), 1961; The Shadow of the Pomegranate, 1962; The King’s Secret Matter, 1962; The Young Mary, Queen of Scots, 1962; The Captive Queen of Scots, 1963; Mary, Queen of France, 1964; The Murder in the Tower, 1964; The Thistle and the Rose, 1965; The Three Crowns, 1965; Evergreen Gallant, 1965; The Haunted Sisters, 1966; The Queen’s Favourites, 1966; The Princess of Celle, 1967; Queen in Waiting, 1967; The Spanish Inquisition, its Rise, Growth and End (3 vols in one), 1967; Caroline The Queen, 1968; Katharine of Aragon (3 vols in one), 1968; The Prince and the Quakeress, 1968; The Third George, 1969; Catherine de Medici (3 vols in one), 1969; Perdita’s Prince, 1969; Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill, 1970; The Regent’s Daughter, 1971; Goddess of the Green Room, 1971; Victoria in the Wings, 1972; Charles II (3 vols in one), 1972; The Captive of Kensington Palace, 1972; The Queen and Lord M, 1973; The Queen’s Husband, 1973; The Widow of Windsor, 1974; The Bastard King, 1974; The Lion of Justice, 1975; The Passionate Enemies, 1976; 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; Edward Longshanks, 1979; The Follies of the King, 1980; The Vow on the Heron, 1980; Passage to Pontefract, 1981; Star of Lancaster, 1981; Epitaph for Three Women, 1981; Red Rose of Anjou, 1982; The Sun in Splendour, 1982; Uneasy Lies the Head, 1982; Myself My Enemy, 1983; Queen of this Realm, 1984; Victoria Victorious, 1985; The Lady in the Tower, 1986; The Courts of Love, 1987; In the Shadow of the Crown, 1988; The Queen’s Secret, 1989; The Reluctant Queen, 1990; The Pleasures of Love, 1991; William’s Wife, 1992; as Eleanor Burford: Daughter of Anna, 1941; Passionate Witness, 1941; Married Love, 1942; When All The World Was Young, 1943; So The Dreams Depart, 1944; Not In Our Stars, 1945; Dear Chance, 1947; Alexa, 1948; The House At Cupid’s Cross, 1949; Believe The Heart, 1950; Love Child, 1950; Saint Or Sinner?, 1951; Dear Delusion, 1952; Bright Tomorrow, 1952; When We Are Married, 1953; Leave Me My Love, 1953; Castles in Spain, 1954; Hearts Afire, 1954; When Other Hearts, 1955; Two Loves In Her Life, 1955; Married in Haste, 1956; Begin To Live, 1956; To Meet A Stranger, 1957; Pride of the Morning, 1958; Blaze of Noon, 1958; Dawn Chorus, 1959; Red Sky At Night, 1959; Night of Stars, 1960; Now That April’s Gone, 1961; Who’s Calling?, 1962; as Ellalice Tate: Defenders of The Faith, 1956 (under name of Jean Plaidy, 1970); Scarlet Cloak, 1957 (2nd edn, under name of Jean Plaidy, 1969); Queen of Diamonds, 1958; Madame Du Barry, 1959; This Was A Man, 1961; as Elbur Ford: The Flesh and The Devil, 1950; Poison in Pimlico, 1950; Bed Disturbed, 1952; Such Bitter Business, 1953 (as Evil in the House, USA 1954); as Kathleen Kellow: Danse Macabre, 1952; Rooms At Mrs Oliver’s, 1953; Lilith, 1954 (2nd edn, under name of Jean Plaidy, 1967); It Began in Vauxhall Gardens, 1955 (2nd edn under name of Jean Plaidy, 1968); Call of the Blood, 1956; Rochester-The Mad Earl, 1957; Milady Charlotte, 1959; The World’s A Stage, 1960; as Victoria Holt: Mistress of Mellyn, 1961; Kirkland Revels, 1962; The Bride of Pendorric, 1963; The Legend of the Seventh Virgin, 1965; Menfreya, 1966; The King of the Castle, 1967; The Queen’s Confession, 1968; The Shivering Sands, 1969; The Secret Woman, 1971; The Shadow of the Lynx, 1972; On the Night of the Seventh Moon, 1973; The Curse of the Kings, 1973; The House of a Thousand Lanterns, 1974; Lord of the Far Island, 1975; The Pride of the Peacock, 1976; My Enemy the Queen, 1978; The Spring of the Tiger, 1979; The Mask of the Enchantress, 1980; The Judas Kiss, 1981; The Demon Lover, 1982; The Time of the Hunter’s Moon, 1983; The Landower Legacy, 1984; The Road to Paradise Island, 1985; Secret for a Nightingale, 1986; The Silk Vendetta, 1987; The India Fan, 1988; The Captive, 1989; Snare of Serpents, 1990; Daughter of Deceit, 1991; Seven for a Secret, 1992; as Philippa Carr: The Miracle at St Bruno’s, 1972; Lion Triumphant, 1974; The Witch from the Sea, 1975; Saraband for Two Sisters, 1976; Lament for a Lost Lover, 1977; The Love Child, 1978; The Song of the Siren, 1979; The Drop of the Dice, 1980; The Adulteress, 1981; Zipporah’s Daughter, 1983; Voices in a Haunted Room, 1984; Return of the Gypsy, 1985; Midsummer’s Eve, 1986; The Pool at St Branok, 1987; The Changeling, 1989; The Black Swan, 1990; A Time for Silence, 1991; The Gossamer Cord, 1992

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