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class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Romance novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Romance_novels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mills_&_Boon_novels" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mills_&_Boon_novels"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Mills & Boon novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mills_&_Boon_novels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Mary_Stuart_Queen_of_Scots_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Mary_Stuart_Queen_of_Scots_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>The Mary Stuart Queen of Scots Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Mary_Stuart_Queen_of_Scots_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jean_Plaidy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jean_Plaidy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Jean Plaidy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Jean_Plaidy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Jean Plaidy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Jean_Plaidy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Single_novels" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Single_novels"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Single novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Single_novels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Omnibus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Omnibus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Omnibus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Omnibus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Tudor_Saga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Tudor_Saga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>The Tudor Saga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Tudor_Saga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Catherine_De_Medici_Trilogy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Catherine_De_Medici_Trilogy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>The Catherine De Medici Trilogy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Catherine_De_Medici_Trilogy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Mary_Stuart,_Queen_of_Scots_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Mary_Stuart,_Queen_of_Scots_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Mary_Stuart,_Queen_of_Scots_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Stuart_Saga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Stuart_Saga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>The Stuart Saga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Stuart_Saga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_French_Revolution_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_French_Revolution_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>The French Revolution Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_French_Revolution_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Lucrezia_Borgia_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Lucrezia_Borgia_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>The Lucrezia Borgia Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Lucrezia_Borgia_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Isabella_and_Ferdinand_Trilogy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Isabella_and_Ferdinand_Trilogy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>The Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Isabella_and_Ferdinand_Trilogy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Georgian_Saga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Georgian_Saga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.10</span> <span>The Georgian Saga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Georgian_Saga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Queen_Victoria_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Queen_Victoria_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.11</span> <span>The Queen Victoria Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Queen_Victoria_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Norman_Trilogy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Norman_Trilogy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.12</span> <span>The Norman Trilogy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Norman_Trilogy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Plantagenet_Saga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Plantagenet_Saga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.13</span> <span>The Plantagenet Saga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Plantagenet_Saga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Queens_of_England_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Queens_of_England_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.14</span> <span>The Queens of England Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Queens_of_England_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Children's_novels" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Children's_novels"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.15</span> <span>Children's novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Children's_novels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Spanish_Inquisition_Series_(non-fiction)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Spanish_Inquisition_Series_(non-fiction)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.16</span> <span>The Spanish Inquisition Series (non-fiction)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Spanish_Inquisition_Series_(non-fiction)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historical_non-fiction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_non-fiction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.17</span> <span>Historical non-fiction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_non-fiction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception_and_legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception_and_legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.18</span> <span>Reception and legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reception_and_legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-20th_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#20th_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.18.1</span> <span>20th century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-20th_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-21st_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#21st_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.18.2</span> <span>21st century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-21st_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reprints" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reprints"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.19</span> <span>Reprints</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reprints-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Three_Rivers_Press_editions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Three_Rivers_Press_editions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.19.1</span> <span>Three Rivers Press editions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Three_Rivers_Press_editions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elbur_Ford" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elbur_Ford"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Elbur Ford</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elbur_Ford-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kathleen_Kellow" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kathleen_Kellow"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Kathleen Kellow</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kathleen_Kellow-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ellalice_Tate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ellalice_Tate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Ellalice Tate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ellalice_Tate-sublist" 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href="#Single_novels_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Single novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Single_novels_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anthologies_in_collaboration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anthologies_in_collaboration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Anthologies in collaboration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anthologies_in_collaboration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception_and_legacy_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception_and_legacy_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Reception and legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reception_and_legacy_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-20th_century_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Eleanor Alice Burford</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eleanor_Hibbert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Eleanor_Hibbert.jpg/220px-Eleanor_Hibbert.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Eleanor_Hibbert.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Eleanor Alice Burford<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1906-09-01</span>)</span>1 September 1906<br /><a href="/wiki/Canning_Town" title="Canning Town">Canning Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">18 January 1993<span style="display:none">(1993-01-18)</span> (aged 86)<br />At sea between <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, Greece, and <a href="/wiki/Port_Said" title="Port Said">Port Said</a>, Egypt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Pen name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.4em;">Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate, Anna Percival</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novelist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1941–1993 (52 years)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Historical_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical novel">Historical fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gothic_fiction" title="Gothic fiction">Gothic fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romance_novel" title="Romance novel">Romantic fiction</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Romance_Writers_of_America" title="Romance Writers of America">Romance Writers of America</a> – Golden Treasure award<br /> 1989 <i>Significant contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Romance_novel" title="Romance novel">romance genre</a></i> <br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">George Percival Hibbert</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Joseph Burford <small>(father)</small></li> <li>Alice Louise Tate <small>(mother)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><hr /><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg/16px-Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg/24px-Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg/32px-Books-aj.svg_aj_ashton_01.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="309" data-file-height="274" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Literature" title="Portal:Literature">Literature portal</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eleanor Alice Hibbert</b> (<a href="/wiki/Maiden_and_married_names" title="Maiden and married names">née</a> <b>Burford</b>; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of <a href="/wiki/Romance_novel#Historical_romance" title="Romance novel">historical romances</a>. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each <a href="/wiki/Genre" title="Genre">genre</a> under a different <a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">pen name</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Jean_Plaidy" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Jean Plaidy</a> for fictionalized history of European royalty and the three volumes of her history of the Spanish Inquisition, <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Victoria_Holt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Victoria Holt</a> for <a href="/wiki/Gothic_fiction#New_Gothic_romances" title="Gothic fiction">gothic romances</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Philippa_Carr" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Philippa Carr</a> for a multi-generational <a href="/wiki/Family_saga" title="Family saga">family saga</a>. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under <a href="/wiki/Pseudonyms" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudonyms">pseudonyms</a> <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Eleanor_Burford" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Eleanor Burford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Elbur_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Elbur Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Kathleen_Kellow" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Kathleen Kellow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Anna_Percival" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Anna Percival</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Hibbert#Ellalice_Tate" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleanor Hibbert">Ellalice Tate</a>. </p><p>In 1989, the <a href="/wiki/Romance_Writers_of_America" title="Romance Writers of America">Romance Writers of America</a> gave her the Golden Treasure award in recognition of her contributions to the <a href="/wiki/Romance_novel" title="Romance novel">romance genre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rwa_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rwa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time of her death, she had written more than 200 books that sold more than 100 million copies and had been translated into 20 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continues to be a widely borrowed author among British libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_guardian_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_guardian-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg/220px-Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg/330px-Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg/440px-Canning_Town_and_Royal_Victoria_Dock_1908.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1186" data-file-height="656" /></a><figcaption>Map 1908, showing Eleanor Hibbert's birthplace <a href="/wiki/Canning_Town" title="Canning Town">Canning Town</a> to the north of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victoria_Dock" title="Royal Victoria Dock">Royal Victoria Dock</a>.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of cities with so many relics of 2000 years of history still to be found in its streets. One of my greatest pleasures was, and still is, exploring London."<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and so I started to write in earnest."<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg/220px-Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg/330px-Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg/440px-Hatton.garden.london.ringshop.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1846" data-file-height="1426" /></a><figcaption>A shop in <a href="/wiki/Hatton_Garden" title="Hatton Garden">Hatton Garden</a>, London's <a href="/wiki/Jewellery" title="Jewellery">jewellery</a> quarter and centre of the UK <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamond</a> trade. In the 1920s, Eleanor Hibbert worked for a jeweller in Hatton Garden, where she weighed gems and typed. </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Strand_Street,_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Strand_Street%2C_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg/220px-Strand_Street%2C_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Strand_Street%2C_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg/330px-Strand_Street%2C_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Strand_Street%2C_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg/440px-Strand_Street%2C_King%27s_Lodging_-_geograph.org.uk_-_703683.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>In the early 1970s, Eleanor Hibbert bought a historic house in <a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_Kent" title="Sandwich, Kent">Sandwich, Kent</a>, and named it <i>King's Lodging</i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall,_London_in_spring_2013_(2).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall%2C_London_in_spring_2013_%282%29.JPG/220px-Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall%2C_London_in_spring_2013_%282%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall%2C_London_in_spring_2013_%282%29.JPG/330px-Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall%2C_London_in_spring_2013_%282%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall%2C_London_in_spring_2013_%282%29.JPG/440px-Albert_court_before_Royal_Albert_Hall%2C_London_in_spring_2013_%282%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Eleanor Hibbert lived in a two-storey penthouse at Albert Court, <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gore" title="Kensington Gore">Kensington Gore</a>, close to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, London.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #E8FFEE;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which sloped, of the Queen-Elizabeth-Slept-Here variety. There were old tennis-courts – the Tudor kind where Henry VIII was said to have played; and gardens filled with winter heather, jasmine and yellow chrysanthemums. [...] So that first night together was spent in the ancient bedroom with the tiny leaded paned windows, through which shafts of moonlight touched the room with a dreamlike radiance [...] "<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert writing as Victoria Holt in <i>The House of a Thousand Lanterns</i>, 1974<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_lanterns_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_lanterns-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Peter%27s_Church,_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg/220px-St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg/330px-St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg/440px-St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Notting_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_837135.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>A memorial service was held for Eleanor Hibbert in March 1993 at <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s,_Notting_Hill" title="St Peter's, Notting Hill">St Peter's, Notting Hill</a> Anglican church in <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Park_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Kensington Park Road">Kensington Park Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg/220px-Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg/330px-Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg/440px-Sea_Princess_Venice_1986.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="669" /></a><figcaption>Eleanor Hibbert died aboard the cruise ship <i><a href="/wiki/MS_Veronica" class="mw-redirect" title="MS Veronica">Sea Princess</a></i> in 1993. (The ship is seen here in 1986 at Venice).</figcaption></figure> <p>Hibbert was born Eleanor Alice Burford on 1 September 1906 at 20 Burke Street, <a href="/wiki/Canning_Town" title="Canning Town">Canning Town</a>, now part of the <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> borough of <a href="/wiki/Newham" class="mw-redirect" title="Newham">Newham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_oup_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_oup-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She inherited a love of reading from her father, Joseph Burford, a dock labourer. Her mother was Alice Louise Burford, née Tate. </p><p>When she was quite young, ailing health forced her to be privately educated at home. At the age of 16 she went to a business college, where she studied <a href="/wiki/Shorthand" title="Shorthand">shorthand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Typewriting" class="mw-redirect" title="Typewriting">typewriting</a>, and languages. She then worked for a jeweller in <a href="/wiki/Hatton_Garden" title="Hatton Garden">Hatton Garden</a> where she weighed gems and typed. She also worked as a language interpreter in a café for French and German-speaking tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her early twenties, she married George Percival Hibbert (<i>c.</i> 1886–1966),<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a wholesale leather merchant about twenty years older than herself, who shared her love of books and reading.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_oup_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_oup-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was his second wife.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Hibberts lived in a cottage in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> that looked out over a bay called <a href="/wiki/Plaidy,_Cornwall" title="Plaidy, Cornwall">Plaidy Beach</a>. </p><p>Between 1974 and 1978, Eleanor Hibbert bought a 13th-century <a href="/wiki/Manor_house" title="Manor house">manor house</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_Kent" title="Sandwich, Kent">Sandwich, Kent</a>, that she named <i>King's Lodging</i> because she believed that it had served previously as lodging for English monarchs <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The house had carved fireplaces and a staircase from the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_architecture" title="Tudor architecture">Tudor period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rt_1981_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rt_1981-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hibbert restored the house and furnished it opulently but soon found it too big for her taste and too far from London.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_oup_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_oup-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She then moved to a two-storey penthouse apartment at Albert Court, <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gore" title="Kensington Gore">Kensington Gore</a>, London, that overlooked the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She shared her apartment with Mrs. Molly Pascoe, a companion who also travelled with her.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Hibbert sold <i>King's Lodging</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rt_1981_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rt_1981-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_harfleet_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_harfleet-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hibbert spent her summers in her cottage near <a href="/wiki/Plaidy,_Cornwall" title="Plaidy, Cornwall">Plaidy Beach</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To get away from the cold English winter, Hibbert would sail around the world on board a <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ship" title="Cruise ship">cruise ship</a> three months a year from January to April. The cruise would take her to exotic destinations like <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and Australia, locations that she later incorporated into her novels.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1970-03-01_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1970-03-01-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She sailed to <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> aboard the cruise ship <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Oronsay_(1950)" title="SS Oronsay (1950)">Oronsay</a></i> in 1970, and the <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Canberra" title="SS Canberra">Canberra</a></i> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Towards the end of her life, her eyesight started failing.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eleanor Hibbert died on 18 January 1993 on the cruise ship <i><a href="/wiki/MS_Veronica" class="mw-redirect" title="MS Veronica">Sea Princess</a></i> somewhere between <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_Said" title="Port Said">Port Said</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and was buried at sea. A memorial service was later held on 6 March 1993, at <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s,_Notting_Hill" title="St Peter's, Notting Hill">St Peter's Anglican Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Park_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Kensington Park Road">Kensington Park Road</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_oup_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_oup-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_career">Writing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Writing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_influences">Literary influences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Literary influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"When I was 14 and living in London, I'd go around Hampton Court Palace with its marvellous atmosphere, through the gateway where Anne Boleyn walked, the haunted gallery down which Katherine Howard ran. It all set me going, it all started from there."<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1980-02-26_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1980-02-26-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg/220px-Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg/330px-Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg/440px-Hampton_Court_Great_Gatehouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2447" data-file-height="2287" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Court">Hampton Court</a>, London. View of the Great Gatehouse from the outside.</figcaption></figure> <p>Eleanor Hibbert grew up in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. She first discovered her fascination for the past when she visited <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Court">Hampton Court</a> in her teenage years.<sup id="cite_ref-DID_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her marriage, Hibbert achieved the financial independence she needed to realise her desire to write. London's monuments and royal personalities filled Hibbert's historical novels. She was also influenced by her regular visits to <a href="/wiki/List_of_country_houses_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of country houses in the United Kingdom">British historic homes</a> and their architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I'll sit in a room and think 'This is where Charles I was when he was on the run.' I feel the atmosphere all around me, and that's what I write about."<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Hibberts lived in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, whose pebble beaches, high cliffs and treacherous blue waters served as the setting for many of the <i>Victoria Holt</i> gothic novels.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_baltimore_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_baltimore-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canberra_(ship)_in_Sydney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Canberra_%28ship%29_in_Sydney.jpg/220px-Canberra_%28ship%29_in_Sydney.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Canberra_%28ship%29_in_Sydney.jpg/330px-Canberra_%28ship%29_in_Sydney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Canberra_%28ship%29_in_Sydney.jpg/440px-Canberra_%28ship%29_in_Sydney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2412" data-file-height="1596" /></a><figcaption>Eleanor Hibbert sailed to Sydney aboard the <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Canberra" title="SS Canberra">Canberra</a></i> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The ship is seen here in 2006 at Sydney.)</figcaption></figure> <p>In later life, Hibbert took a world cruise every year.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1978-03-02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her ship called in ports of countries like <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, India, South Africa, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a> and Australia. These exotic destinations serve as the backdrop in later <i>Victoria Holt</i> novels. In the late 1960s, Hibbert spent two months visiting the <a href="/wiki/Australian_gold_rushes" title="Australian gold rushes">Australian goldfields</a> 40 miles north of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, research for her 1971 <i>Victoria Holt</i> novel, <i>The Shadow of the Lynx</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_age_1972-02-15_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_age_1972-02-15-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, Hibbert travelled from <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> to <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Snowy_Mountains" title="Snowy Mountains">Snowy Mountains</a> and visited <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo">Bendigo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1970-03-01_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1970-03-01-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I love my work so much that nothing would stop me writing. I never think of the money I'm making. When I finish one book I start on the next. If I take even a week's break I just feel miserable. It's like a drug.<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"If anybody says to me 'you look tired,' it's because I haven't been able to get at my typewriter. Writing excites me. I live all my characters and never have any trouble thinking of plots of how people would have said something because I'm them when I'm writing.<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rt_1981_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rt_1981-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>Hibbert's <i>Philippa Carr</i> novels were based partly in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> and partly in Australia. </p><p>Hibbert was influenced in her writing by the <a href="/wiki/Bront%C3%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Brontë">Brontës</a> (especially the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Jane_Eyre" title="Jane Eyre">Jane Eyre</a></i>), <a href="/wiki/George_Eliot" title="George Eliot">George Eliot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Hugo" title="Victor Hugo">Victor Hugo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy" title="Leo Tolstoy">Leo Tolstoy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_work">Early work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1930s, Hibbert wrote nine long novels (each about 150,000 words in length), all of them serious psychological studies of contemporary life.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1974-02-24_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1974-02-24-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, none of these was accepted for publication. At the same time, she wrote short stories for newspapers including the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evening_News_(London_newspaper)" title="The Evening News (London newspaper)">Evening News</a></i>. Some also appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Star_(1888)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Star (1888)">The Star</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_Realm" title="Woman's Realm">Woman's Realm</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ladies%27_Home_Journal" title="Ladies' Home Journal">Ladies' Home Journal</a></i>. The turning point came when the fiction editor of the <i>Daily Mail</i> told her, "You're barking up the wrong tree: you must write something which is saleable, and the easiest way is to write romantic fiction." </p><p>Hibbert read 50 romance novels as research and then published her first fiction book, <i>Daughter of Anna</i>, in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_hah_2012-11-30_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_hah_2012-11-30-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a period novel set in Australia of the late 18th and 19th centuries. It was a moderate success and Hibbert received £30 as advance for it. The book was published under her maiden name, <i>Eleanor Burford</i>, which was also used for her contemporary novels. Following the success of the book, Hibbert was contracted by <a href="/wiki/Barrie_%26_Jenkins" title="Barrie & Jenkins">Herbert Jenkins</a> publishers to write one book a year. By 1961 Hibbert had published 31 novels under this name, including ten romance novels for <a href="/wiki/Mills_%26_Boon" title="Mills & Boon">Mills & Boon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pseudonyms">Pseudonyms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pseudonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plaidy_Beach,_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Plaidy_Beach%2C_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg/220px-Plaidy_Beach%2C_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Plaidy_Beach%2C_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg/330px-Plaidy_Beach%2C_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Plaidy_Beach%2C_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg/440px-Plaidy_Beach%2C_Looe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_208195.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Plaidy Beach near <a href="/wiki/Looe" title="Looe">Looe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1945, she chose the pseudonym <i>Jean Plaidy</i> for her new novel <i>Together They Ride</i> at the request of her agent.<sup id="cite_ref-DID_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Plaidy,_Cornwall" title="Plaidy, Cornwall">Plaidy Beach</a> near the Hibberts' home in <a href="/wiki/Looe" title="Looe">Looe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_baltimore_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_baltimore-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her agent suggested the first name, saying "<i>Jean</i> doesn't take much room at the back of the book".<sup id="cite_ref-DID_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was published by Gerald G. Swan, a London publisher.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next book written under the <i>Jean Plaidy</i> pseudonym was <i>Beyond the Blue Mountains</i> in 1948. The publisher <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hale_(publishers)" title="Robert Hale (publishers)">Robert Hale</a> accepted the 500-page manuscript after it had been rejected by several others. The firm wrote to Hibbert's literary agency, <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_literary_agencies" title="List of UK literary agencies">A.M. Heath</a>, "Will you tell this author that there are glittering prizes ahead for those who can write as she does?".<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1949, Hibbert hit her stride with the first <i>Jean Plaidy</i> novel that fictionalized stories of royalty: <i>The King's Pleasure</i>, featuring <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anne_Boleyn" title="Anne Boleyn">Anne Boleyn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_sh_2007-11_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_sh_2007-11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 91 <i>Jean Plaidy</i> novels were published. Hibbert's last <i>Jean Plaidy</i> book, <i>The Rose Without a Thorn</i>, was published posthumously.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hibbert also wrote four non-fiction books under the pseudonym <i>Jean Plaidy</i>. The first, <i>A Triptych of Poisoners</i> (1958), was a collection of short biographies of poisoners: <a href="/wiki/Cesare_Borgia" title="Cesare Borgia">Cesare Borgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madame_de_Brinvilliers" title="Madame de Brinvilliers">Marie d'Aubray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Pritchard" title="Edward William Pritchard">Edward William Pritchard</a>. The other three were a trilogy on the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition" title="Spanish Inquisition">Spanish Inquisition</a>: <i>The Rise</i> (1959), <i>The Growth</i> (1960) and <i>The End</i> (1961). </p><p>From 1950 to 1953, Hibbert wrote four novels as <i>Elbur Ford</i>, a pen name derived from her maiden name, Eleanor Burford. These novels were based on real-life murderers of the nineteenth century: <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Pritchard" title="Edward William Pritchard">Edward William Pritchard</a> (<i>Flesh and the Devil</i>, 1950); <a href="/wiki/Pimlico_Mystery" title="Pimlico Mystery">Adelaide Bartlett</a> (<i>Poison in Pimlico</i>, 1950); <a href="/w/index.php?title=Euphrasie_Mercier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euphrasie Mercier (page does not exist)">Euphrasie Mercier</a><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1886-04-25_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1886-04-25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>The Bed Disturbed</i>, 1952) and <a href="/wiki/Constance_Kent" title="Constance Kent">Constance Kent</a> (<i>Such Bitter Business</i>, 1953 – published in the U.S. in 1954 under the title <i>Evil in the House</i>). </p><p>Between 1952 and 1960, Hibbert used the <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> <i>Kathleen Kellow</i> to write eight novels that were mostly crime and mystery fiction. From 1956 to 1961, she wrote five novels as <i>Ellalice Tate</i>, a pseudonym inspired by her mother's name, Alice Tate.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ap_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ap-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I've always wanted to write a best-seller. Every writer does. It's really a matter of finding out what the public wants.<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1974-02-24_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1974-02-24-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>In 1960, at the suggestion of her agent, <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Schartle_Myrer" title="Patricia Schartle Myrer">Patricia Schartle Myrer</a>, she wrote her first Gothic romance, <i><a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_Mellyn" title="Mistress of Mellyn">Mistress of Mellyn</a></i>, under the name <i>Victoria Holt</i>. The pseudonym was created by choosing the name <i>Victoria</i> for its regal, romantic ring while the name <i>Holt</i> was taken from the military bank of <a href="/wiki/Drummonds_Bank" title="Drummonds Bank">Holt & Company</a> where Hibbert had an account.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1974-02-24_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1974-02-24-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dpseudo_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dpseudo-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Published by <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a> in the United States and <a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a> in the United Kingdom, <i><a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_Mellyn" title="Mistress of Mellyn">Mistress of Mellyn</a></i> became an instant international bestseller and revived the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_fiction#The_Romantics" title="Gothic fiction">Gothic romantic suspense</a> genre.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_fawnsw_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_fawnsw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1990-06-05_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1990-06-05-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFDBF;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I have heard her name mentioned in connection with mine and I think it is because we both lived in Cornwall and have written about this place. <i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(novel)" title="Rebecca (novel)">Rebecca</a></i> is the atmospheric suspense type of book mine are. But I don’t think there is much similarity between her others and mine."<br /> —<a href="/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier" title="Daphne du Maurier">Daphne du Maurier</a> commenting on the similarity between Victoria Holt's novels and her own.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rt_1981_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rt_1981-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_Mellyn" title="Mistress of Mellyn">Mistress of Mellyn</a></i> was a clever weaving of elements from earlier Gothic novels such as <i><a href="/wiki/Jane_Eyre" title="Jane Eyre">Jane Eyre (1847)</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)" title="The Woman in White (novel)">The Woman in White (1859)</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(novel)" title="Rebecca (novel)">Rebecca (1938)</a></i>. Its setting in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> made the resemblance to <i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(novel)" title="Rebecca (novel)">Rebecca (1938)</a></i> so remarkable that it was speculated that <i>Victoria Holt</i> was a pseudonym for <a href="/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier" title="Daphne du Maurier">Daphne du Maurier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_gr_mellyn_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_gr_mellyn-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After six Victoria Holt novels were published over eight years, it was revealed that Hibbert was the author.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rt_1981_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rt_1981-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hibbert wrote a further 31 novels as Victoria Holt, primarily portraying fictitious characters set against an authentic period background, usually of the late 19th century. The last Victoria Holt novel, <i>The Black Opal</i>, was published after her death.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1960, Hibbert wrote a novel under the name <i>Anna Percival</i>, a pseudonym inspired by her husband's middle name, Percival. Hibbert never used that pen name again. </p><p>She created her last pseudonym, Philippa Carr, in 1972 at the suggestion of her publisher, <a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a>, to create a new series showing successive generations of English gentlewomen involved in important historical events starting with the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Reformation</a> and ending with <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hibbert continued to use the pseudonym <i>Jean Plaidy</i> for her historical novels about the crowned heads of Europe. Her books written under this pseudonym were popular with the general public and were also hailed by critics and historians for their historical accuracy, quality of writing, and attention to detail.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_eb_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_eb-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <p><b>Number of books written per decade under different pseudonyms</b><br /> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="thumbcaption"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid none;background-color: red ; color:black;"> </span>  Eleanor Burford </span>      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid none;background-color: green ; color:white;"> </span>  Jean Plaidy </span>      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid none;background-color: blue ; color:white;"> </span>  Victoria Holt </span>      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid none;background-color: orange ; color:black;"> </span>  Philippa Carr </span></div></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Decade</th> <th>Eleanor Burford</th> <th>Jean Plaidy</th> <th>Elbur Ford</th> <th>Kathleen Kellow</th> <th>Ellalice Tate</th> <th>Anna Percival</th> <th>Victoria Holt</th> <th>Philippa Carr</th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>1940s</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950s</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960s</td> <td>3</td> <td>26</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970s</td> <td></td> <td>22</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980s</td> <td></td> <td>16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990s</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total</td> <td>31</td> <td>91</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>32</td> <td>19</td> <td>191 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_pseud_tableNote"><a href="#ref_pseud_tableNote"><b><sup>Note</sup></b></a></span> The numbers here reflect single novels originally published under the pseudonym. Later reprints under a different title and/or pseudonym are not included. Omnibus editions and anthologies are also not included. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Research">Research</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hibbert based her research on the writings of British historians such as <a href="/wiki/John_Speed" title="John Speed">John Speed</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Anthony_Froude" title="James Anthony Froude">James Anthony Froude</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fraser_Tytler" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Fraser Tytler">Alexander Fraser Tytler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Strickland" title="Agnes Strickland">Agnes Strickland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each of Hibbert's <i>Jean Plaidy</i> books featured a bibliography at the end, listing the historical works consulted during the process of writing the book.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Central_Library" title="Kensington Central Library">Kensington Central Library</a> gave Hibbert special concessions to aid her research. She was allowed to go down to the vault where the out-of-circulation books were stored, and borrow them a trolley-load at a time.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1972-02-04-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was even allowed to take the books home and keep them as long as she wanted.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rt_1981_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rt_1981-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When her eyesight started failing towards the end of her life, she borrowed <a href="/wiki/Audiobook" title="Audiobook">audiobooks</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_City_Council" title="Westminster City Council">Westminster City Council</a> public libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing_discipline">Writing discipline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Writing discipline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hibbert was a prolific writer, churning out multiple books in a year under different pseudonyms, chiefly Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt and Philippa Carr.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1983-01-30_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1983-01-30-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_latimes_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_latimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Jean Plaidy</i> proved very popular in the United Kingdom, selling large quantities in paperback while <i>Victoria Holt</i> was a bestseller in the United States. Many of her readers never realized that behind all these pen names was a single author.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_sr_1973-12-16_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_sr_1973-12-16-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ms_1980-05-06_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ms_1980-05-06-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_va_1987-12-27_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_va_1987-12-27-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hibbert attributed her large output to her regular working habits. She described herself as a compulsive writer and would write all seven days in the week. She started every morning at the <a href="/wiki/Typewriter" title="Typewriter">typewriter</a> on her desk, usually completing five thousand words by lunchtime.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_hah_2012-11-30_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_hah_2012-11-30-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though writing stimulated her, she found the typewriter to be a physical strain. She devoted five hours every day to her writing, in addition to the time that it took her to proof-read her draft and conduct research. In the afternoon, she would personally answer all the fan mail she received. She would also spend time at <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Central_Library" title="Kensington Central Library">Kensington Central Library</a>. In the evening, she played <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> if she could find an opponent or attended social engagements.<sup id="cite_ref-DID_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even while on her annual cruise around the world, Hibbert maintained her discipline. She wrote in the mornings, played <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> in the afternoons, and joined in the shipboard entertainments in the evenings. She preferred to work on her Victoria Holt novels while on board the cruise ship because they did not require as much research or fact-checking at a library.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh-1970-03-01_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh-1970-03-01-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_agents_and_publishers">Literary agents and publishers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Literary agents and publishers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eleanor Hibbert enjoyed healthy, lifelong relationships with her literary agents and publishers, a rare feat in the publishing world.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ind_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ind-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was represented in the United Kingdom by A.M. Heath Literary Agency and by <a href="/wiki/McIntosh_%26_Otis" title="McIntosh & Otis">McIntosh & Otis</a> in the United States. Her long-time American agent was <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Schartle_Myrer" title="Patricia Schartle Myrer">Patricia Schartle Myrer</a> followed by Julie Fallowfield. </p><p>London publisher <a href="/wiki/Barrie_%26_Jenkins" title="Barrie & Jenkins">Herbert Jenkins</a> published 20 light romantic novels from 1941 to 1955 that Hibbert wrote under the pen name <i>Eleanor Burford</i>. The contract, initially for one book a year at an advance of £30 a title, was later revised to two books a year when the books proved successful.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mills_and_Boon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mills and Boon">Mills and Boon</a>, a London publisher that specialised in low-priced, paperback, romantic novels brought out 10 romance novels from 1956 to 1962 that Hibbert wrote under the pen name <i>Eleanor Burford</i>. </p><p>Gerald G Swan published the first <i>Jean Plaidy</i> book in 1945 but every one after that was published by Robert Hale. Starting with <i>Beyond the Blue Mountains</i> (1948) and extending over the entire course of her lifetime, Robert Hale published a total of 90 Jean Plaidy books in hardcover with dust jackets illustrated by specialist artist Philip Gough.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MacRae Smith Co. of Philadelphia published <i>Jean Plaidy</i> titles in the United States. Foreign language editions of <i>Jean Plaidy</i> books began appearing in 1956: in French by <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ditions_Robert_Laffont" title="Éditions Robert Laffont">Éditions Robert Laffont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>; in Spanish by Guillermo Kraft Limitada, <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>; and in <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> by Uitgeverij A.J. Luitingh, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>. </p><p>In 1951, Canadian paperback publishers <a href="/wiki/Harlequin_Enterprises" title="Harlequin Enterprises">Harlequin</a> reprinted <i>Jean Plaidy'</i>s <i>Beyond the Blue Mountains</i> in paperback to achieve their greatest commercial success to that date: of the 30,000 copies sold, only 48 were returned.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_wirten_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_wirten-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robert Hale published eight <i>Kathleen Kellow</i> crime and mystery novels between 1952 and 1960 in hardcover with dust jackets by Philip Gough. Robert Hale also published the sole book written under the <i>Anna Percival</i> pseudonym, <i>The Brides of Lanlory</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1950 to 1953, four <i>Elbur Ford</i> crime novels were published by London publisher <a href="/wiki/William_Morrow_and_Company" title="William Morrow and Company">William Morrow</a> in the United Kingdom and New York publisher <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Werner_Laurie" title="Thomas Werner Laurie">Werner Laurie</a> in the United States. </p><p>From 1956 to 1961, <a href="/wiki/Hodder_%26_Stoughton" title="Hodder & Stoughton">Hodder & Stoughton</a> published all five historical novels written under the pseudonym <i>Ellalice Tate</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_dalby_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_dalby-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1960 to 1993, Hibbert wrote 32 <i>Victoria Holt</i> novels for the publishing giants <a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a> in the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a> in the United States. Many of them were bestsellers and were translated into 20 languages to reach a worldwide audience. </p><p>From 1972 to 1993, Hibbert wrote 19 <i>Philippa Carr</i> novels that were published by <a href="/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" title="William Collins, Sons">Collins</a> in the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/G._P._Putnam%27s_Sons" title="G. P. Putnam's Sons">Putnam</a> in the United States. A few of them were later translated into foreign languages such as <a href="/wiki/Spanish_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish (language)">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish (language)">Finnish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian (language)">Russian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polish_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish (language)">Polish</a>. </p><p>By the time of her death in 1993, Hibbert had sold 75 million books translated in 20 languages under the name <i>Victoria Holt</i>, 14 million under the name <i>Jean Plaidy</i> and 3 million under the name <i>Philippa Carr</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_goodreads_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_goodreads-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After her death, Mark Hamilton of the A.M. Heath Literary Agency took over as executor for her literary estate, estimated to be worth about £8,790,807 at probate.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_oup_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_oup-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_hamilton_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_hamilton-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eleanor_Burford">Eleanor Burford</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Eleanor Burford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Eleanor Burford</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Burford%2C+Eleanor%2C+1906%E2%80%931993">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Burford%2C+Eleanor%2C+1906%E2%80%931993&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romance_novels">Romance novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Romance novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>Daughter of Anna</i> (1941)</li> <li><i>Passionate Witness</i> (1941)</li> <li><i>The Married Lover</i> (1942)</li> <li><i>When the Entire World Is Young</i> (1943)</li> <li><i>So the Dreams Depart</i> (1944)</li> <li><i>Not in Our Stars</i> (1945)</li> <li><i>Dear Chance</i> (1947)</li> <li><i>Alexa</i> (1948)</li> <li><i>The House at Cupid's Cross</i> (1949)</li> <li><i>Believe the Heart</i> (1950)</li> <li><i>The Love Child</i> (1950)</li> <li><i>Saint or Sinner</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>Bright Tomorrow</i> (1952)</li> <li><i>Dear Delusion</i> (1952)</li> <li><i>Leave Me My Love</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>When We Are Married</i> (1953)</li> <li><i>Castles in Spain</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Heart's Afire</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Two Loves in Her Life</i> (1955)</li> <li><i>When Other Hearts</i> (1955)</li></ol></div><p>The book <i>The Love Child</i> published in 1950 by Eleanor Burford must not be mistaken for the same-titled novel by Philippa Carr published in 1978 as part of the Daughters of England Series.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mills_&_Boon_novels"><span id="Mills_.26_Boon_novels"></span>Mills & Boon novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mills & Boon novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>Begin to Live</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>Married in Haste</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>To Meet a Stranger</i> (1957)</li> <li><i>Blaze of Noon</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Pride in the Morning</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Red Sky at Night</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>The Dawn Chorus</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Night of Stars</i> (1960)</li> <li><i>Now That April's Gone</i> (1961)</li> <li><i>Who's Calling?</i> (1962)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Mary_Stuart_Queen_of_Scots_Series">The Mary Stuart Queen of Scots Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Mary Stuart Queen of Scots Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Royal Road to Fotheringay</i> (1955) (later re-published under the Jean Plaidy name)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jean_Plaidy">Jean Plaidy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Jean Plaidy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Jean Plaidy</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Plaidy%2C+Jean%2C+1906%E2%80%931993">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Plaidy%2C+Jean%2C+1906%E2%80%931993&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <p>Many Jean Plaidy books were published under different titles in the United States. Her trilogies were also later re-published as single books, often under different titles than those shown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_novels">Single novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Single novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>Together They Ride</i> (1945)</li> <li><i>Beyond the Blue Mountains</i> (1948)</li> <li><i>The King's Pleasure</i> (1949) (a.k.a. <i>Murder Most Royal</i> in the Tudor Saga)</li> <li><i>The Goldsmith's Wife</i> (1950) (a.k.a. <i>The King's Mistress</i>)</li> <li><i>Daughter of Satan</i> (1952)</li> <li><i>Lilith</i> (1954)</li> <li><i>Melisande (It Began in Vauxhall Gardens)</i> (1955)</li> <li><i>The Scarlet Cloak</i> (1957)</li> <li><i>The Queen of Diamonds</i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Milady Charlotte</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Evergreen Gallant</i> (1965)</li> <li><i>Defenders of the Faith</i> (1971)</li> <li><i>Madame du Barry</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>The King's Adventurer</i> (1996) (originally <i>This Was a Man</i> by Ellalice Tate)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Omnibus">Omnibus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Omnibus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Katharine of Aragon</i> (omnibus of novels 2 – 4 in The Tudor Saga)</li> <li><i>Catherine De Medici</i> (1969)</li> <li><i>Charles II</i> (omnibus of novels 2 – 4 in The Stuart Saga)</li> <li><i>Isabella and Ferdinand</i> (1970)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Tudor_Saga">The Tudor Saga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The Tudor Saga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>Uneasy Lies the Head</i> (1982) (a.k.a. <i>To Hold the Crown</i>)</li> <li><i>Katharine, the Virgin Widow</i> (1961)</li> <li><i>The Shadow of the Pomegranate</i> (1962)</li> <li><i>The King's Secret Matter</i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Most_Royal" title="Murder Most Royal">Murder Most Royal</a></i> (1949) (a.k.a. <i>The King's Pleasure</i>)</li> <li><i>Saint Thomas' Eve</i> (1954) (a.k.a. <i>The King's Confidante</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sixth_Wife" title="The Sixth Wife">The Sixth Wife</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i>The Thistle and the Rose</i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary,_Queen_of_France_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary, Queen of France (novel) (page does not exist)">Mary, Queen of France</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i>The Spanish Bridegroom</i> (1954) (a.k.a. <i>For a Queen's Love</i>)</li> <li><i>Gay Lord Robert</i> (1955) (republished as <i>Lord Robert</i> (UK) in 2007 and <i>A Favorite of the Queen</i> (US) in 2010)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Catherine_De_Medici_Trilogy">The Catherine De Medici Trilogy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: The Catherine De Medici Trilogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><i>Madame Serpent</i> (1951)</li> <li><i>The Italian Woman</i> (1952) (a.k.a. <i>The Unholy Woman</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Queen_Jezebel_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Jezebel (novel)">Queen Jezebel</a></i> (1953)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Mary_Stuart,_Queen_of_Scots_Series"><span id="The_Mary_Stuart.2C_Queen_of_Scots_Series"></span>The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Royal Road to Fotheringay</i> (1955) (first published as being by Eleanor Burford)</li> <li><i>The Captive Queen of Scots</i> (1963)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Stuart_Saga">The Stuart Saga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: The Stuart Saga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>The Murder in the Tower</i> (1964)</li> <li><i>The Wandering Prince</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>A Health Unto His Majesty</i> (1956)</li> <li><i>Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord</i> (1957)</li> <li><i>The Three Crowns</i> (1965)</li> <li><i>The Haunted Sisters</i> (1966)</li> <li><i>The Queen's Favourites</i> (1966) (a.k.a. <i>Courting Her Highness</i>)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_French_Revolution_Series">The French Revolution Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: The French Revolution Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_the_Well_Beloved" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis the Well Beloved">Louis the Well Beloved</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i>The Road to Compiègne</i> (1959)</li> <li><i>Flaunting, Extravagant Queen</i> (1957)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Lucrezia_Borgia_Series">The Lucrezia Borgia Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: The Lucrezia Borgia Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_of_the_Seven_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna of the Seven Hills">Madonna of the Seven Hills</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i>Light on Lucrezia</i> (1958)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Isabella_and_Ferdinand_Trilogy">The Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: The Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Castile for Isabella</i> (1960)</li> <li><i>Spain for the Sovereigns</i> (1960)</li> <li><i>Daughters of Spain</i> (1961) (a.k.a. <i>Royal Sisters</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Georgian_Saga">The Georgian Saga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: The Georgian Saga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>The Princess of Celle</i> (1967)</li> <li><i>Queen in Waiting</i> (1967)</li> <li><i>Caroline, the Queen</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>The Prince and the Quakeress</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>The Third George</i> (1969)</li> <li><i>Perdita's Prince</i> (1969)</li> <li><i>Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Indiscretions of the Queen</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>The Regent's Daughter</i> (1971)</li> <li><i>Goddess of the Green Room</i> (1971)</li> <li><i>Victoria in the Wings</i> (1972)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Queen_Victoria_Series">The Queen Victoria Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: The Queen Victoria Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>The Captive of Kensington Palace</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>The Queen and Lord M</i> (1973)</li> <li><i>The Queen's Husband</i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Widow_of_Windsor" class="mw-redirect" title="The Widow of Windsor">The Widow of Windsor</a></i> (1974)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Norman_Trilogy">The Norman Trilogy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: The Norman Trilogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Bastard King</i> (1974)</li> <li><i>The Lion of Justice</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>The Passionate Enemies</i> (1976)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Plantagenet_Saga">The Plantagenet Saga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: The 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id="The_Queens_of_England_Series">The Queens of England Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: The Queens of England Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i>Myself My Enemy</i> (1983) (a.k.a. <i>Loyal in Love</i>)</li> <li><i>Queen of This Realm</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Victoria Victorious</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>The Lady in the Tower</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>The Courts of Love</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>In the Shadow of the Crown</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>The Queen's Secret</i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reluctant_Queen" title="The Reluctant Queen">The Reluctant Queen</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i>The Pleasures of Love</i> (1991) (a.k.a. <i>The Merry Monarch's Wife</i>)</li> <li><i>William's Wife</i> (1992) (a.k.a. <i>The Queen's Devotion</i>)</li> <li><i>Rose Without a Thorn</i> (1993)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children's_novels"><span id="Children.27s_novels"></span>Children's novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Children's novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Meg Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More</i> (1961)</li> <li><i>The Young Elizabeth</i> (1961)</li> <li><i>The Young Mary Queen of Scots</i> (1962)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Spanish_Inquisition_Series_(non-fiction)"><span id="The_Spanish_Inquisition_Series_.28non-fiction.29"></span>The Spanish Inquisition Series (non-fiction)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="20th_century">20th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Jean Plaidy</i> historical novels were welcomed by readers who found them to be an easy way to gain insight into a sweeping panorama of European history. </p><p>It was common for school girls in England to read these in history lessons, whilst hiding them behind their proper text books. </p><p>In the last decade of the 20th century, historical fiction went out of fashion. <i>Jean Plaidy</i> titles went out of print. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="21st_century">21st century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2001, Rachel Kahan, associate editor at <a href="/wiki/Crown_Publishing_Group" title="Crown Publishing Group">Crown Publishing Group</a>, and <i>Jean Plaidy</i> fan since childhood, discovered that <i>Jean Plaidy</i> books had gone out of print in the United States. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFDBF;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I felt awful – like when you learn that an old friend who you haven't seen for many years has suddenly died. But in this case, I was not just a fan mourning the loss of all those great novels, I was actually in a position to do something about it."<br /> —Rachel Kahan, on discovering in 2003 that <i>Jean Plaidy</i> books had gone out of print in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_sh_2007-11_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_sh_2007-11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>Kahan bought the reprint rights to ten <i>Jean Plaidy</i> novels. In April 2003, <a href="/wiki/Crown_Publishing_Group" title="Crown Publishing Group">Crown</a> chose to publish two books under the <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Press" title="Three Rivers Press">Three Rivers Press</a> imprint, both featuring <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>. <i>The Lady in the Tower</i> and <i>The Rose Without a Thorn</i> tell the story of two of his six wives, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Boleyn" title="Anne Boleyn">Anne Boleyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Howard" title="Catherine Howard">Catherine Howard</a>, both of whom were <a href="/wiki/Decapitation" title="Decapitation">beheaded</a>. The books were published in paperback with new titles, modern covers and a readers' guide at the back. The first printing of 30,000 copies of each book sold out in 3 months. Based on this success, <a href="/wiki/Crown_Publishing_Group" title="Crown Publishing Group">Crown</a>'s United Kingdom unit, Arrow Books, bought the entire <i>Jean Plaidy</i> <a href="/wiki/Backlist" title="Backlist">backlist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_kahan_2005-11-30_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_kahan_2005-11-30-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reprints">Reprints</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Reprints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Three_Rivers_Press_editions">Three Rivers Press editions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Three Rivers Press editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Spring of 2003 <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Press" title="Three Rivers Press">Three Rivers Press</a>, an imprint of U.S. publisher <a href="/wiki/Crown_Publishing_Group" title="Crown Publishing Group">Crown Publishing Group</a>, started republishing Jean Plaidy's stories.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three Rivers Press published some of the books with new titles which are listed here: </p> <ul><li><i>Mary, Queen of Scotland: The triumphant year</i> (23 November 2004, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-609-81023-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-609-81023-5">0-609-81023-5</a>) previously published as <i>Royal Road to Fotheringay</i> (1955) by Eleanor Burford.</li> <li><i>The Loves of Charles II</i> (25 October 2005, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4000-8248-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-4000-8248-X">1-4000-8248-X</a>) is an omnibus that collects <i>The Wandering Prince</i> (1956), <i>A Health Unto His Majesty</i> (1956), and <i>Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord</i> (1957).</li> <li><i>Loyal in Love</i> (23 October 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34616-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34616-1">0-307-34616-1</a>) previously published as <i>Myself My Enemy</i> (1983).</li> <li><i>The Merry Monarch's Wife</i> (22 January 2008, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34617-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34617-X">0-307-34617-X</a>) previously published as <i>The Pleasures of Love</i> (1991).</li> <li><i>The Queen's Devotion</i> (26 August 2008, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34618-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34618-8">0-307-34618-8</a>) previously published as <i>William's Wife</i> (1990).</li> <li><i>To Hold the Crown</i> (7 October 2008, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34619-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34619-6">0-307-34619-6</a>) previously published as <i>Uneasy Lies the Head</i> (1982).<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_crown_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_crown-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The King's Confidante</i> (7 April 2009, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34620-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34620-X">0-307-34620-X</a>) previously published as <i>Saint Thomas' Eve</i> (1954).<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_crown_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_crown-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>For a Queen's Love</i> (2 March 2010, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34622-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34622-6">0-307-34622-6</a>) previously published as <i>The Spanish Bridegroom</i> (1954).</li> <li><i>A Favorite of the Queen</i> (2 March 2010, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-34623-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-34623-4">0-307-34623-4</a>) previously published as <i>Gay Lord Robert</i> (1955).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elbur_Ford">Elbur Ford</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Elbur Ford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Elbur Ford</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Ford%2C+Elbur%2C+1906%E2%80%931993">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Ford%2C+Elbur%2C+1906%E2%80%931993&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i>Poison in Pimlico</i>, 1950</li> <li><i>The Flesh and the Devil</i>, 1950</li> <li><i>Bed Disturbed</i>, 1951</li> <li><i>Evil in the House</i>, 1953</li> <li><i>Such Bitter Business</i>, 1953</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kathleen_Kellow">Kathleen Kellow</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Kellow%2C+Kathleen%2C+1906%E2%80%931993&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <p>Some of these novels were re-published under the Jean Plaidy name. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i>Danse Macabre</i>, 1952</li> <li><i>Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's</i>, 1953</li> <li><i>Lilith</i>, 1954</li> <li><i>It Began in Vauxhall Gardens</i>, 1955</li> <li><i>Call of the Blood</i>, 1956</li> <li><i>Rochester, the Mad Earl</i>, 1957</li> <li><i>Milady Charlotte</i>, 1959</li> <li><i>The World's a Stage</i>, 1960</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ellalice_Tate">Ellalice Tate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Ellalice Tate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Ellalice Tate</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Tate%2C+Ellalice%2C+1906%E2%80%931993">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Tate%2C+Ellalice%2C+1906%E2%80%931993&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <p>All these novels were later re-published under the Jean Plaidy name. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i>Defenders of the Faith</i>, 1956</li> <li><i>The Scarlet Cloak</i>, 1957</li> <li><i>The Queen of Diamonds</i>, 1958</li> <li><i>Madame du Barry</i>, 1959</li> <li><i>This Was a Man</i>, 1961 (re-published as <i>The King's Adventurer</i> by Jean Plaidy)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anna_Percival">Anna Percival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Anna Percival"><span>edit</span></a><span 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<ul><li><i>The Brides of Lanlory</i>, 1960</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victoria_Holt">Victoria Holt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Victoria Holt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Victoria Holt</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Holt%2C+Victoria%2C+1906%E2%80%931993">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=&au=Holt%2C+Victoria%2C+1906%E2%80%931993&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_novels_2">Single novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Single novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_Mellyn" title="Mistress of Mellyn">Mistress of Mellyn</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kirkland_Revels" title="Kirkland Revels">Kirkland Revels</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i>Bride of Pendorric</i> (1963)</li> <li><i>The Legend of the Seventh Virgin</i> (1965)</li> <li><i>Menfreya in the Morning</i> (1966)</li> <li><i>The King of the Castle</i> (1967)</li> <li><i>The Queen's Confession: The Story of Marie-Antoinette</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>The Shivering Sands</i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Woman_(novel)" title="The Secret Woman (novel)">The Secret Woman</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Shadow of the Lynx</i> (1971)</li> <li><i>On the Night of the Seventh Moon</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>The Curse of the Kings</i> (1973)</li> <li><i>The House of a Thousand Lanterns</i> (1974)</li> <li><i>Lord of the Far Island</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>The Pride of the Peacock</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>Devil on Horseback</i> (1977)</li> <li><i>My Enemy, the Queen</i> (1978)</li> <li><i>Spring of the Tiger</i> (1979)</li> <li><i>Mask of the Enchantress</i> (1980)</li> <li><i>Judas Kiss</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>The Demon Lover</i> (1982)</li> <li><i>The Time of the Hunter's Moon</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>The Landower Legacy</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>The Road to Paradise Island</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Secret for a Nightingale</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Silk Vendetta</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>The India Fan</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>The Captive</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Snare of Serpents</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Daughter of Deceit</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Seven for a Secret</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>The Black Opal</i> (1993)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anthologies_in_collaboration">Anthologies in collaboration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Anthologies in collaboration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"The Bride of Pendorric" in <i>Three Great Romantic Stories</i> (1972) (with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebe_Elsna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hebe Elsna (page does not exist)">Hebe Elsna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Walker_(writer)" title="Lucy Walker (writer)">Lucy Walker</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reception_and_legacy_2">Reception and legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="20th_century_2">20th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Victoria Holt</i> books proved popular with the reading public and many of them made it to bestseller lists. Hibbert won loyalty from large numbers of women readers who passed along their copies to the next generation of women in their family. Hibbert described her heroines as "women of integrity and strong character" who were "struggling for liberation, fighting for their own survival." </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFDBF;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"A Victoria Holt book is the sort of story to bring despair to literary critics, and rage to supporters of Women's Lib though it would give a great deal of pleasurable entertainment to vast numbers of ordinary women all over the world."<br /> – a critic<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_smh_1980-02-26_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_smh_1980-02-26-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>Her 1960 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_Mellyn" title="Mistress of Mellyn">Mistress of Mellyn</a></i> single-handedly revived the Gothic romance genre.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_nyt_1977-08-14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many women started writing their own gothic romances. Even male authors like <a href="/wiki/Tom_E._Huff" title="Tom E. Huff">Tom E. Huff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julian_Fellowes" title="Julian Fellowes">Julian Fellowes</a> succumbed to the trend and wrote romances under female pseudonyms.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_pm_1978-05-01_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_pm_1978-05-01-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_tn_2012-02-08_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_tn_2012-02-08-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rg_01_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rg_01-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_rg_02_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_rg_02-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Victoria Holt</i> novels became best-sellers. In 1970, when gothic mania was at its peak, <i>The Secret Woman</i> became one of the top 10 best-selling books in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_pw_2009-07-27_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_pw_2009-07-27-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1975, a <i>Victoria Holt</i> paperback began with a first printing of 800,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_tsr_1975-11-01_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_tsr_1975-11-01-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early 1970s gothic novels outsold all other genres in paperback fiction, including <a href="/wiki/Mystery_fiction" title="Mystery fiction">mysteries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_fiction" title="Western fiction">Westerns</a>. This coincided with consolidation within the publishing industry where paperbacks and hardcover publishers were brought together under the same corporate parent for the first time. More sophisticated marketing efforts led to placement in grocery and drugstore checkout aisles, where they found their target audience: educated, middle-class women with a reading habit.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_wp_1974-08-04_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_wp_1974-08-04-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hibbert's romance novels were clean; at the most the main characters exchanged smouldering looks of longing. However, by 1969 the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_revolution" title="Sexual revolution">sexual revolution</a> had made explicit description more acceptable. In April 1972, the romance novel <a href="/wiki/The_Flame_and_the_Flower" title="The Flame and the Flower">The Flame and the Flower</a> took advantage of this change in trend and revolutionized the <a href="/wiki/Historical_romance" title="Historical romance">historical romance</a> genre by detailing physical intimacy between the protagonists. Another such novel, <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Rogers" title="Rosemary Rogers">Sweet Savage Love</a>, that followed in 1974 cemented the trend. A new genre was thus born, dubbed the 'sweet savage romance' or the 'bodice ripper' because of the heaving, partly exposed bosom often pictured on the cover.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_radway_1984_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_radway_1984-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_kne_1977-02-01_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_kne_1977-02-01-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Interest in Hibbert's clean romances declined. In 1976, a critic complained that Victoria Holt's heroines "must be a little bit dumb or they won't get themselves into such improbable messes in the first place."<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_upi_1976-08-24_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_upi_1976-08-24-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next <i>Victoria Holt</i> novel, <i>The Devil on Horseback</i> (1977), was described as "from another era, sort of out of step with today's style."<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ap_1977-11-06_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ap_1977-11-06-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics judged the books as falling "short of her previous standards."<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_upi_1984-12-23_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_upi_1984-12-23-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFDBF;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Today's novels are 'bodice rippers' and about as pure as driven slush."<br /> – a book critic in 1982<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_sem_1982-09-10_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_sem_1982-09-10-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #EEE8FF;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"In these books, innocent young virgins are carried off unwillingly by sensual, often primitive older men to picturesque lairs: by pirates to their galleons, Arabs to their harems, Indians to their tepees, knights to their castles. Early in the plot, the woman is ravished against her will and there is sex throughout the story."<br /> – a book critic describing the 'bodice-ripper' type of romance novel in 1985<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ap_1985-10-30_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ap_1985-10-30-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>By the early 1980s, Gothic romances were no longer as popular as a decade earlier. Readers demanded more sex and adventure in their romance novels. Publishers created paperback imprints like <a href="/wiki/Mills_%26_Boon" title="Mills & Boon">Silhouette</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dell_Publishing" title="Dell Publishing">Candlelight Ecstasy</a> simply to satisfy the enormous demand for "bodice rippers" and "hot historicals".<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_sem_1982-09-10_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_sem_1982-09-10-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_upi_1981-02-11_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_upi_1981-02-11-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bowing to the changing times, Hibbert wrote <i>The Demon Lover</i>, a 1982 <i>Victoria Holt</i> novel, in a style that borrowed several elements from the plot of <i>Sweet Savage Love</i>: forced seduction of a naive girl by a powerful man ending in marriage, set against a background of turmoil in war time. Critics congratulated the move: "Her latest, 'The Demon Lover', is a straight romance with sexual passion, which is currently 'in'. It has no suspense: the thrilling twists and turns of plot that marked her Gothic novels are no more."<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ap_1982-12-26_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ap_1982-12-26-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Victoria Holt's heroines left the decorous drawing rooms of Victorian England to find adventure in far more exotic locations: inside an Egyptian pyramid (<i>The Curse of the Kings</i>, 1973); among Chinese antiques in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> (<i>The House of a Thousand Lanterns</i>, 1974);<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_tn_1974-08-18_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_tn_1974-08-18-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> down the opal mines of Australia (<i>The Pride of the Peacock</i>, 1976); on a tea plantation in <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a> (<i>The Spring of the Tiger</i>, 1979);<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_fls_1979-10-06_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_fls_1979-10-06-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> among lush, tropical islands off the coast of Australia (<i>The Road to Paradise Island</i>, 1985);<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ap_1985-10-25_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ap_1985-10-25-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> with <a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale" title="Florence Nightingale">Florence Nightingale</a> (<i>Secret for a Nightingale</i>, 1986); in mutiny-filled British India (<i>The India Fan</i>, 1988); in a Turkish nobleman's <a href="/wiki/Harem" title="Harem">harem</a> in Constantinople (<i>The Captive</i>, 1989);<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_ap_1990-02-25_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_ap_1990-02-25-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the British colonies of South Africa (<i>Snare of Serpents</i>, 1990); and on a shipwreck in the <a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="South Sea Islands">South Sea Islands</a> (<i>The Black Opal</i>, 1993). </p><p>In 1993, Hibbert died. In the closing years of the 20th century, <i>Victoria Holt</i> titles were made available in large print, audiobook and Braille formats. Translations in several European languages, <a href="/wiki/Russian_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian (language)">Russian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew">Hebrew</a>, Persian, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese (language)">Japanese</a> also appeared. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:17.5em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #E8FFEE;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."<br /> —Eleanor Hibbert writing as Victoria Holt in <i>The Black Opal</i>, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-hibbert_hh_2012-11-30_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hibbert_hh_2012-11-30-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="21st_century_2">21st century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, London publisher Harper reprinted four of Victoria Holt's most popular titles with new covers: <i>Mistress of Mellyn</i> (1961), <i>The Shivering Sands</i> (1969), <i>The Shadow of the Lynx</i> (1971) and <i>The Time of the Hunter's Moon</i> (1983). Foreign language translations in European languages, Japanese, Sinhalese and Thai were also published that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philippa_Carr">Philippa Carr</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Philippa Carr"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">Library resources</a> <hr /></div> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Philippa Carr</b> <link 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St. Bruno's</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>The Lion Triumphant</i> (1974)</li> <li><i>The Witch from the Sea</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>Saraband for Two Sisters</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>Lament for a Lost Lover</i> (1977)</li> <li><i>The Love Child</i> (1978)</li> <li><i>The Song of the Siren</i> (1980)</li> <li><i>The Drop of the Dice</i> (1981), later renamed "Will You Love Me in September"</li> <li><i>The Adulteress</i> (1982)</li> <li><i>Knave of Hearts</i> (1983), originally titled <i>Zipporah's Daughter</i></li> <li><i>Voices in A Haunted Room</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>The Return of the Gypsy</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Midsummer's Eve</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>The Pool of St. Branok</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>The Changeling</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>The Black Swan</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>A Time for Silence</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>The Gossamer Cord</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>We'll Meet Again</i> (1993)</li></ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_novels_3">Single novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Single novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><i>Daughters of England</i> (1995)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Alice_Burford&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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For example, Victoria Holt writes under E. Hibbert and Philippa Carr. – C.T."</a> <i>The Milwaukee Sentinel</i>. 6 May 1980<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Front+Matter+of+the+novel+%27The+Rose+Without+a+Thorn%27&rft.pub=Three+Rivers+Press&rft.date=2010-02-17&rft.isbn=9780307497611&rft.aulast=Plaidy&rft.aufirst=Jean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJX9iipKI-3EC%26pg%3DPT328&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEleanor+Alice+Burford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12519718W/The_Love_Child">"Open Library"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Open+Library&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fworks%2FOL12519718W%2FThe_Love_Child&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEleanor+Alice+Burford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hibbert_kahan_2005-11-30-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hibbert_kahan_2005-11-30_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKahan2005" class="citation news cs1">Kahan, Rachel (30 November 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060520082337/http://www.irenegoodman.com/2005_11_01_archive.html">"Historical Fiction"</a>. <i>Irene Goodman Literary Agency website</i>. 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"Love & history --- a perfect match". <i><a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i>. <b>248</b> (46): 24–30. <q>Eight years after her death, Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993)--aka Jean Plaidy, Victoria Halt and Philippa Carr – continues to ride a wave of historical romance popularity. Last month, Three Rivers Press inked a deal with Hibbert's agent, Elizabeth Winick of McIntosh and Otis Inc., to reissue 10 Jean Plaidy books in trade paperback. 'They're going to do a guaranteed first printing of 30,000 to 35,000,' says Winick, who in just the past few weeks has also received requests from Eastern Europe to reprint several Plaidy titles. Crown associate editor Rachel Kahan, who acquired the books, adds, 'We have gotten a lot of good feedback about the books from our reps. We're going to publish two a season, and we'll redesign the covers to give them a really elegant look.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Publishers+Weekly&rft.atitle=Love+%26+history+---+a+perfect+match&rft.volume=248&rft.issue=46&rft.pages=24-30&rft.date=2001-11-12&rft.aulast=Donahue&rft.aufirst=Dick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEleanor+Alice+Burford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDyer2002" class="citation journal cs1">Dyer, Lucinda (11 November 2002). 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Ross reports that part of the impetus for bringing back the Plaidy titles came from the online historical fiction community.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Publishers+Weekly&rft.atitle=To+be+continued%3A+publishers+and+authors+are+finding+clever+new+ways+to+connect+the+series+dots+%E2%80%93+and+significantly+grow+the+readership&rft.volume=249&rft.issue=45&rft.pages=26%2C+31&rft.date=2002-11-11&rft.aulast=Dyer&rft.aufirst=Lucinda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEleanor+Alice+Burford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hibbert_crown-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hibbert_crown_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hibbert_crown_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/crownhistorical/">"Historical Fiction Repromotion Plan"</a>. 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The girls must be a little bit dumb or they won't get themselves into such improbable messes in the first place.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=United+Press+International&rft.atitle=Victoria+Holt%27s+Heroines+Must+Be+A+Little+Dumb+%28Book+Review%3A+The+Pride+of+the+Peacock%29&rft.date=1976-08-24&rft.aulast=Hanauer&rft.aufirst=Joan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1842%26dat%3D19760824%26id%3DWRgsAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D1467%2C4443136&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEleanor+Alice+Burford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hibbert_ap_1977-11-06-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hibbert_ap_1977-11-06_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLehew1977" class="citation news cs1">Lehew, Dudley (6 November 1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19771106&id=mMktAAAAIBAJ&pg=3474,3508904">"Victoria Holt Offers Trip into The Past (Book Review: The Devil on Horseback by Victoria Holt)"</a>. 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