If You Like Victoria Holt Books, You’ll Love… Now That April's Gone (As:Eleanor Burford)

This Was a Man / The King's Adventurer: Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (As: Ellalice Tate) The Brides of Lanlory (As: Anna Percival) It Began in Vauxhall Gardens (As:Jean Plaidy) It Began in Vauxhall Gardens / Melisande (As:Kathleen Kellow) Two Loves in Her Life (As:Eleanor Burford) Oliver's (As:Kathleen Kellow)Įvil in the House / Such Bitter Business (As: Elbur Ford) The Goldsmith's Wife / The King's Mistress

The House at Cupid's Cross (As:Eleanor Burford) So the Dreams Depart (As:Eleanor Burford)īeyond the Blue Mountains (As:Jean Plaidy) When the Entire World is Young (As:Eleanor Burford) The Drop of the Dice / Will You Love Me in September? We have listed her books under her various pen names below, sorted both by date of publication and by chronological order: Finally, perhaps her most famous nom de plume, Victoria Holt, made its debut Mistress of Mellyn. Her first novel as Jean Plaidy was Together They Ride in 1945. We have excluded her novels under her real name due to the fact that they are no longer available. She died in 1993 while on a cruise between Greece and Egypt.Įleanor Burford made her debut as a published author in 1941 under her birth name with the novel Daughter of Anna. Among her inspirations were the Brontes, Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy. Eleanor is the author of many series, including (but not limited to) the Tudor Saga, Daughters of England, Stuart Saga, Georgian Saga, Plantagenet Saga and Queens of England series.

Her historical novels as Plaidy were praised for their accuracy and quality of writing. Jean Plaidy was used for her novels about the regency, whereas Victoria Holt was used for gothic romance. She also used the pen names Eleanor Burford (her birth name), Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anne Percival and Ellalice Tate. She was an extremely prolific author who wrote under several pseudonyms, including Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy and Philippa Carr (her most famous ones). Eleanor Burford Hibbert (1906-1993) was a British author of historical fiction, gothic fiction and romance novels.

The Road to Compiegne by Jean Plaidy