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 young daughter. She was an avid reader from the age of four onwards. In her early twenties, she married a leather merchant, George Percival Hibbert, who shared her love of books and reading.
Eleanor Burford 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 readers under one penname never suspected her other identities. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she created her first and most prolific pseudonym: Jean Plaidy. In the 1950's she used the pseudonyms: Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. In 1960, she created the pseudonyms: Anna Percival and the popular Victoria Holt. In 1972, she created her last pseudonym Philippa Carr. (Some of her novels were reedited as different pseudonyms)
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 more than 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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St. Thomas's Eve
13 editions - first published in 1954 -
The rose without a thorn
13 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow -
The captive Queen of Scots
11 editions - first published in 1963 Borrow -
Queen of this realm: the story of Elizabeth I
11 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow -
The goldsmith's wife
9 editions - first published in 1950 -
The Sixth Wife
9 editions - first published in 1953 Borrow -
The pleasures of love: the story of Catherine of Braganza
9 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow -
Gay Lord Robert: the story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I
8 editions - first published in 1955 Borrow -
The lady in the tower
8 editions - first published in 1986 Borrow -
Myself my enemy
8 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow -
The prince of darkness
8 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow -
The Queen and Lord M
8 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow -
William's wife
8 editions - first published in 1992 Borrow -
Daughter of Satan
8 editions - first published in 1952 -
The bastard king
8 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
The shadow of the pomegranate
7 editions - first published in 1962 -
Madame Serpent
7 editions - first published in 1951 -
The king's secret matter
7 editions - first published in 1962 -
A health unto His Majesty
7 editions - first published in 1956 -
In the shadow of the crown
7 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
Indiscretions of the Queen
7 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
Victoria victorious
7 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow -
Madonna of the seven hills
6 editions - first published in 1958 -
The Queen's Secret
6 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow -
The Italian woman
6 editions - first published in 1952 Borrow -
The Spanish bridegroom
6 editions - first published in 1954 Borrow -
The thistle and the rose
6 editions - first published in 1963 Borrow -
The Wandering Prince: A Novel of Charles II
6 editions - first published in 1956 Borrow -
Edward Longshanks
6 editions - first published in 1979 Borrow -
The scarlet cloak
5 editions - first published in 1969 -
The three crowns: the Stuart saga
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The Plantagenet prelude
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Royal road to Fotheringay
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The queen from Provence
5 editions - first published in 1979 -
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord
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Beyond the Blue Mountains
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Queen Jezebel
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Katharine, the virgin widow
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The lion of justice
5 editions - first published in 1975 -
Mary, Queen of France: a novel
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The passionate enemies
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The battle of the queens
5 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow -
Uneasy lies the head
5 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
The widow of Windsor
5 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
Louis the Well-Beloved
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A triptych of poisoners
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The haunted sisters
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The Spanish Inquisition: its rise, growth, and end
4 editions - first published in 1967 -
Light on Lucrezia
4 editions - first published in 1958 -
The rise of the Spanish Inquisition
4 editions - first published in 1959 -
Victoria in the wings
4 editions - first published in 1972 -
The prince and the quakeress
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The princess of Celle
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Epitaph for three women
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Katharine of Aragon
4 editions - first published in 1968 Borrow -
The heart of the lion
4 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
It began in Vauxhall Gardens
4 editions - first published in 1968 Borrow -
Madame Serpiente
4 editions - first published in 1979 Borrow -
Queen in Waiting
4 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
The star of Lancaster
4 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
The follies of the king
4 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow -
The revolt of the eaglets
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Castile for Isabella
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Caroline, The Queen
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Who's the target?
3 editions - first published in 1974 -
The third George
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Blindman's bluff
3 editions - first published in 1976 -
Sitting duck
3 editions - first published in 1972 -
Perdita's Prince
3 editions - first published in 1969 -
Nido de Serpientes
3 editions - first published in 1991 -
Inquiry Skills Development
3 editions - first published in 1998 -
The Queen of Diamonds
3 editions - first published in 1995 -
The Regent's daughter
3 editions - first published in 1971 -
Flaunting, Extravagant Queen
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Daughters of Spain
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Isabella and Ferdinand
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Evergreen gallant
3 editions - first published in 1965 -
El Señor De Far Island
3 editions - first published in 1976 -
Adelante
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Loyal in Love
3 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow -
The captive of Kensington Palace
3 editions - first published in 1972 Borrow -
Passage to Pontefract
3 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
The Queen's favourites
3 editions - first published in 1966 Borrow -
The Queen's husband
3 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow -
The sun in splendour
3 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Sweet lass of Richmond Hill
3 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
The vow on the heron
3 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow -
Milady Charlotte
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El Secreto del Ruisenor
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Blood Will Out
2 editions - first published in 1975 -
Ven Conmige! Adelante: Holt Spanish Level 1 A
2 editions - first published in 1999 -
Holt World Geography Today: Graphic Organizer Activities with Answer Key
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Vocabulary Workshop - Answer Keys
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Sarabande
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La Reina Jezabel
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Red rose of Anjou
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Love all start
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Hija del Regente, La
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Call to Freedom
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La Esposa del Orfebre
2 editions - first published in 1992
Jean Plaidy
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Subjects
Fiction,
History,
Protected DAISY,
Accessible book,
Queens,
In library,
Kings and rulers,
Ficción,
Historical Fiction,
OverDrive,
Fiction in English,
Large type books,
Reyes y soberanos,
Fathers and daughters,
Mistresses,
Princesses,
Biographical fiction,
Ficcioń,
Great Britain in fiction,
Hiatoria,
Historia,
Murder,
Príncipes y princesas,
Statesmen,
Women
Places
People
Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547),
Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535),
Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901),
Catharine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1536),
Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603),
Anne Boleyn Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1507-1536),
Catherine de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589),
George IV King of Great Britain (1762-1830),
Richard I King of England (1157-1199),
Robert Dudley Leicester Earl of (1532?-1588),
Caroline Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain (1768-1821),
Catharine Howard Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (d. 1542),
Enrique I Rey de Inglaterra (1068-1135),
Esteban Rey de Inglaterra (1097?-1154),
Henry I King of England (1068-1135),
Jane Shore (d. 1527?),
Jeanne d'Albret Queen of Navarre (1528-1572),
Matilda Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1102-1167),
Matilde Emperatriz, consorte de Enrique, Sacro Emperador Romano (1102-1167),
Stephen King of England (1097?-1154),
Victoria Reina de Inglaterra (1819-1901),
Catherine de M©♭dicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589),
Charles II King of England (1630-1685),
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587),
Catherine of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England (1638-1705)
Time
Henry VIII, 1509-1547,
Edward IV, 1461-1483,
Elizabeth, 1558-1603,
Esteban, 1135-1154,
George IV, 1820-1830,
Norman period, 1066-1154,
Período normando, 1066-1154,
Richard I, 1189-1199,
Stephen, 1135-1154,
Charles II, 1660-1685,
Mary Stuart, 1542-1567,
1492-1559,
Henry II, 1154-1189,
Henry VI, 1422-1461,
1542-1587,
1789-1820,
1800-1837,
Anne, 1702-1714,
Charles I, 1625-1649,
Charles VII, 1422-1461,
Henry III, 1574-1589,
Henry V, 1413-1422,
House of Lancaster, 1399-1461,
James IV, 1488-1513,
John, 1199-1216
Links (outside Open Library)
Alternative names
- Eleanor Burford
- Elbur Ford
- Kathleen Kellow
- Ellalice Tate
- Anna Percival
- Victoria Holt
- Philippa Carr
- Jean PLAIDY
- Jean AKA Victoria Holt Plaidy
- Jean PLaidy
- PLAIDY JEAN
- JEAN PLAIDY
- Jean Plaidy
- Rinehart and Winston Holt
- Holt Rinehart & Winston
- Rinehart and Winston Staff Holt
- HOLT RINEHART AND WINSTON
- Margaret Carr
- Corazon de Leon
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| August 10, 2011 | Edited by E-Romance | merge authors |
| January 4, 2011 | Edited by Angela myung | merge authors |
| December 8, 2010 | Edited by Alan Millar | merge authors |
| April 12, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added photos to author pages. |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |