Jean Plaidy

Jean Plaidy

19 Series

Eleanor Alice Buford Hibbert, known by her pen name Jean Plaidy, was an English author renowned for her historical fiction. She achieved fame with series such as the Tudor Saga and the Stuart Saga. Her prolific writing under the Jean Plaidy pseudonym significantly contributed to the genre.

Louis the Well-Beloved, the first book in Jean Plaidy's French Revolution series, follows the young King Louis XV. As the nation anticipates his maturation and the restoration of glory and prosperity, Louis remains distracted by hunting and gambling. Unaware of the power struggles within his own court, he indulges in numerous affairs with mistresses and lovers. This narrative captures the tension between youthful distractions and the weight of royal responsibilities.

Catherine De Medici (as Jean Plaidy)

Madame Serpent

(1952)

The Italian Woman / The Unholy Woman

(1952)

Queen Jezebel

(1958)

Daughters Of England (as Philippa Carr)

The Miracle at St. Bruno's

(1972)

The Lion Triumphant

(1973)

The Witch from the Sea

(1975)

Saraband for Two Sisters

(1976)

Lament for a Lost Lover

(1977)

The Love Child

(1978)

The Song of the Siren

(1980)

Will You Love Me in September

(1981)

The Adulteress

(1982)

Knave of Hearts / Zipporah's Daughter

(1983)

Voices in a Haunted Room

(1984)

The Return of the Gypsy

(1985)

Midsummer's Eve

(1986)

The Pool of St. Branok

(1987)

The Changeling

(1989)

The Black Swan

(1990)

A Time for Silence

(1991)

The Gossamer Cord

(1992)

We'll Meet Again

(1993)

Daughters of England

(1995)

Famous Childhoods (as Jean Plaidy)

The Young Elizabeth

(1961)

The Young Mary Queen of Scots

(1962)

French Revolution (as Jean Plaidy)

Flaunting, Extravagant Queen

(1957)

Louis the Well Beloved

(1959)

The Road to Compiegne

(1959)

Chronological Order of French Revolution (as Jean Plaidy)

Louis the Well Beloved

(1959)

The Road to Compiegne

(1959)

Flaunting, Extravagant Queen

(1957)

Georgian Saga (as Jean Plaidy)

The Princess of Celle

(1967)

Queen in Waiting

(1967)

Caroline, the Queen

(1968)

The Prince and the Quakeress

(1968)

The Third George

(1969)

Perdita's Prince

(1969)

Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill

(1970)

Indiscretions of the Queen

(1970)

The Regent's Daughter

(1971)

Goddess of the Green Room

(1971)

Victoria in the Wings

(1972)

Isabella & Ferdinand (as Jean Plaidy)

Castile for Isabella

(1960)

Spain for the Sovereigns

(1960)

Daughters of Spain

(1961)

Lucrezia Borgia (as Jean Plaidy)

Madonna of the Seven Hills

(1958)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Light on Lucrezia

(1958)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots (as Jean Plaidy)

The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year

(1955)

The Captive Queen of Scots

(1963)

Norman Trilogy (as Jean Plaidy)

The Bastard King

(1974)

The Lion of Justice

(1975)

The Passionate Enemies

(1976)

Plantagenet Saga (as Jean Plaidy)

The Plantagenet Prelude

(1976)

The Revolt of the Eaglets

(1977)

The Heart of the Lion

(1977)

Hammer of the Scots

(1978)

The Prince of Darkness

(1978)

The Battle of the Queens

(1978)

The Queen from Provence

(1979)

Hammer of the Scots / Edward Longshanks

(1979)

The Follies of the King

(1980)

The Vow on the Heron

(1980)

Passage to Pontefract

(1981)

The Star of Lancaster

(1981)

Epitaph for Three Women

(1981)

The Red Rose of Anjou

(1982)

The Sun in Splendour

(1982)

Queen Victoria (as Jean Plaidy)

The Captive of Kensington Palace

(1972)

The Queen and Lord M

(1973)

The Queen's Husband

(1973)

The Widow of Windsor

(1974)

Queens Of England (as Jean Plaidy)

Myself My Enemy / Loyal in Love

(1983)

Queen of This Realm

(1985)

Victoria Victorious

(1985)

The Lady in the Tower

(1986)

The Courts of Love

(1987)

In the Shadow of the Crown

(1989)

The Queen's Secret

(1989)

The Reluctant Queen

(1990)

William's Wife / The Queen's Devotion

(1990)

The Pleasures of Love / The Merry Monarch's Wife

(1991)

The Rose Without a Thorn

(1993)

Stuart Saga (as Jean Plaidy)

A Health Unto His Majesty

(1956)

The Wandering Prince

(1956)

Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord

(1957)

The Murder in the Tower

(1964)

The Three Crowns

(1965)

The Haunted Sisters / Royal Sisters

(1966)

The Queen's Favourites / Courting Her Highness

(1966)

Tudor Saga (as Jean Plaidy)

Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure

(1949)

The Sixth Wife

(1953)

The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love

(1954)

Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante

(1954)

Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen

(1955)

Katharine, the Virgin Widow

(1961)

The Shadow of the Pomegranate

(1962)

The King's Secret Matter

(1962)

The Thistle and the Rose

(1963)

Mary, Queen of France

(1964)

Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown

(1982)

Chronological Order of Tudor Saga (as Jean Plaidy)

Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown

(1982)

Katharine, the Virgin Widow

(1961)

The Shadow of the Pomegranate

(1962)

The King's Secret Matter

(1962)

Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure

(1949)

Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante

(1954)

The Sixth Wife

(1953)

The Thistle and the Rose

(1963)

Mary, Queen of France

(1964)

The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love

(1954)

Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen

(1955)

Standalone Novels

Daughter of Anna

(1940)

Passionate Witness

(1941)

The Married Lover

(1942)

When the Entire World is Young

(1943)

So the Dreams Depart

(1944)

Together They Ride

(1945)(As: Jean Plaidy)

Not in Our Stars

(1945)

Beyond the Blue Mountains

(1947)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Dear Chance

(1947)

Alexa

(1948)

The House at Cupid's Cross

(1949)

The Goldsmith's Wife / The King's Mistress

(1950)(As: Victoria Holt)

Believe the Heart

(1950)

Poison in Pimlico

(1950)(As: Elbur Ford)

The Flesh and the Devil

(1950)(As: Elbur Ford)

Saint or Sinner?

(1951)

Bright Tomorrow

(1952)

Danse Macabre

(1952)(As:Kathleen Kellow)

Dear Delusion

(1952)

The Bed Disturbed

(1952)(As: Elbur Ford)

Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's

(1952)(As:Kathleen Kellow)

Daughter of Satan

(1952)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Leave Me My Love

(1953)

Evil in the House / Such Bitter Business

(1953)(As: Elbur Ford)

When We Are Married

(1953)

Castles in Spain

(1954)

Lilith

(1954)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Two Loves in Her Life

(1955)

When Other Hearts

(1955)

It Began in Vauxhall Gardens / Melisande

(1955)(As:Kathleen Kellow)

It Began in Vauxhall Gardens

(1955)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Begin to Live

(1956)

Defenders of the Faith

(1956)(As: Ellalice Tate)

Call of the Blood

(1956)(As:Kathleen Kellow)

Married in Haste

(1956)

To Meet a Stranger

(1957)

Rochester

(1957)(As:Kathleen Kellow)

The Scarlet Cloak

(1957)(As: Ellalice Tate)

Blaze of Noon

(1958)

The Queen of Diamonds

(1958)(As: Ellalice Tate)

The Dawn Chorus

(1959)

Madame Du Barry

(1959)(As: Ellalice Tate)

Milady Charlotte

(1959)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Red Sky at Night

(1959)

Mistress of Mellyn

(1960)(As: Victoria Holt)

Night of Stars

(1960)

The World's a Stage

(1960)(As:Kathleen Kellow)

The Brides of Lanlory

(1960)(As: Anna Percival)

This Was a Man / The King's Adventurer

(1961)(As: Ellalice Tate)

Now That April's Gone

(1961)

Meg Roper

(1961)(As: Jean Plaidy)

The Spanish Inquisition

(1961)(As: Jean Plaidy)

Kirkland Revels

(1962)(As: Victoria Holt)

Who's Calling?

(1962)

Katharine of Aragon

(1962)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Bride of Pendorric

(1963)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Legend of the Seventh Virgin

(1964)(As:Victoria Holt)

Evergreen Gallant

(1965)(As: Jean Plaidy)

Menfreya in the Morning

(1966)(As: Victoria Holt)

The King of the Castle

(1967)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Queen's Confession

(1968)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Shivering Sands

(1969)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Secret Woman

(1970)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Shadow of the Lynx

(1971)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Curse of the Kings

(1973)(As: Victoria Holt)

The House of a Thousand Lanterns

(1974)(As: Victoria Holt)

Lord of the Far Island

(1975)(As: Victoria Holt)

Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland

(1975)(As: Jean Plaidy)

The Pride of the Peacock

(1976)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Devil on Horseback

(1977)(As: Victoria Holt)

My Enemy, the Queen

(1978)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Spring of the Tiger

(1979)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Mask of the Enchantress

(1980)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Judas Kiss

(1981)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Demon Lover

(1982)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Time of the Hunter's Moon

(1983)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Landower Legacy

(1984)(As:Victoria Holt)

The Road to Paradise Island

(1985)(As: Victoria Holt)

Story of Elizabeth I

(1985)(As:Jean Plaidy)

Secret for a Nightingale

(1986)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Silk Vendetta

(1987)(As: Victoria Holt)

The India Fan

(1988)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Captive

(1988)(As: Victoria Holt)

Snare of Serpents

(1990)(As: Victoria Holt)

Daughter of Deceit

(1991)(As: Victoria Holt)

Seven for a Secret

(1992)(As: Victoria Holt)

The Black Opal

(1993)(As: Victoria Holt)

Non-Fiction

A Triptych of Poisoners

(1958)(As:Jean Plaidy)

The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition

(1959)(As:Jean Plaidy)

The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition

(1960)(As:Jean Plaidy)

The End of the Spanish Inquisition

(1961)(As:Jean Plaidy)

The Spanish Inquisition

(1961)(As: Jean Plaidy)

Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland

(1975)(As: Jean Plaidy)

Anthologies

A Gothic Treasure Trove

(1987)

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