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Jean Plaidy


Born
in Kensington, London, The United Kingdom
September 01, 1906

Died
January 18, 1993

Genre
Historical Fiction, History

Influences
Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Émile Zo ...more


Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between her books; the best-known, apart from Plaidy, are Victoria Holt (56 million) and Philippa Carr (3 million). Lesser known were the novels Hibbert published under her maiden name Eleanor Burford, or the pseudonyms of Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. Many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities.
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The Lady in the Tower (Quee...
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To Hold the Crown (Tudor Sa...
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Katharine of Aragon: The Wi...
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Mary, Queen of France (Tudo...
3.84 avg rating — 3,250 ratings — published 1964 — 22 editions
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3.94 avg rating — 2,945 ratings — published 1953 — 54 editions
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3.79 avg rating — 2,930 ratings — published 1963 — 28 editions
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3.91 avg rating — 2,428 ratings — published 1952 — 42 editions
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“How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story.”
― Jean Plaidy, The Courts of Love
tags: love, stupidity
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“I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others.”
― Jean Plaidy, Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria
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“Is is said that those who study the ways of ambition learn patience.”
― Jean Plaidy, The Sixth Wife
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