Victoria Holt

by Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean Plaidy

Paperback

First published October 1, 1982

About the author

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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.
-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Jennifer]

I loved, loved, loved every one of Ms. Holt's romantic mysteries. Alas, there are no more to read as Victoria passed away. I have been searching for over a year for a comparable author, but have not found anyone who comes close to Ms. Holt's writing.