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Biography
[edit]Personal life
Hibbert was born Eleanor Alice Burford on 1 September 1906 in Canning Town, in what is now the London borough of West Ham. She inherited a love of reading from her father, Joseph Burford, a dock labourer.
She was captivated by the city of her birth. "I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London," she later wrote, "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. Circumstances arose which brought my school life to an abrupt termination; and I went hastily to a business college, where I studied shorthand, typewriting, and languages. And so I had to set about the business of earning a living."
Eleanor left school at the age of 16 and went to work for a jeweller in Hatton Garden, where she weighed gems and typed. In her early twenties she married George Percival Hibbert (c. 1886-1960s), a wholesale leather merchant about twenty years older than herself, who shared her love of books and reading. She later said, "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."
Eleanor Hibbert died on 18 January 1993 on the cruise ship Sea Princess, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt. A memorial service was held on 6 March 1993, at St Peter's Anglican Church, Kensington Park Road, London.
[edit]Writing career
At first Eleanor tried to emulate her literary heroes – the Brontës, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, and Leo Tolstoy – and during the 1930s she completed nine long novels, all of them serious psychological studies of contemporary life. However, none of these were accepted for publication. Determined to succeed, she tried her hand at short stories for newspapers such as the Daily Mail and Evening News. The literary editor of the Daily Mail was credited with steering her writing in the right direction; he 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."
She published her first novel in 1941 under the name of Eleanor Burford, her maiden name, which she used for her contemporary novels. By 1961 she had published 32 novels under this name.
She chose the pseudonym Jean Plaidy 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.[citation needed] Her Borgia trilogy was among the first to show Lucrezia not as an amoral poisoner but as an innocent pawn and victim of her family's political machinations, an interpretation more in accordance with the historical record than the traditional one.
From 1950 to 1953 she wrote four novels as Elbur Ford; from 1952 to 1960 she used the pseudonym Kathleen Kellow for eight novels; and from 1956 to 1961 she wrote five novels as Ellalice Tate.
In 1960 she wrote her first Gothic romance under the name Victoria Holt, and also wrote one novel under the name Anne Percival.
She created her last pseudonym, Philippa Carr, in 1972.
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]As Eleanor Burford
[edit]Single novels
Daughter of Anna, (1941)
Passionate Witness, (1941)
The Married Lover, (1942)
When the Entire World Is Young, (1943)
So the Dreams Depart, (1944)
Not in Our Stars, (1945)
Dear Chance, (1947)
Alexa, (1948)
The House at Cupid's Cross, (1949)
Believe the Heart, (1950)
Saint or Sinner, (1951)
Bright Tomorrow, (1952)
Dear Delusion, (1952)
Leave Me My Love, (1953)
When We Are Married, (1953)
Castles in Spain, (1954)
Heart's Afire, (1954)
Two Loves in Her Life, (1955)
When Other Hearts, (1955)
Begin to Live, (1956)
Married in Haste, (1956)
To Meet a Stranger, (1957)
Blaze of Noon, (1958)
Pride in the Morning, (1958)
Red Sky at Night, (1959)
The Dawn Chorus, (1959)
Night of Stars, (1960)
Now That April's Gone, (1961)
Who's Calling?, (1962)
[edit]Daughters of England Series
6. The Love Child, (1950) (later re-published under the Philippa Carr name)
[edit]The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series
Royal Road to Fotheringhay, (1955) (later re-published under the Jean Plaidy name)
[edit]As Jean Plaidy
Many Jean Plaidy books were published under different titles in the United States. Her trilogies were also later republished as single books, often under different titles than those shown.
[edit]Single novels
Together They Ride (1945)
Beyond the Blue Mountains (1948)
The Goldsmith's Wife (1950) (aka The King's Mistress)
Daughter of Satan (1952)
Lilith (1954)
Melisande (It Began in Vauxhall Gardens) (1955)
The Scarlet Cloak (1957)
Milady Charlotte (1959)
Evergreen Gallant (1965)
Defenders of the Faith* (1971)
Madame du Barry* (1994)
The King's Adventurer* (1996) (Originally This Was a Man by Ellalice Tate)
[edit]The Tudor Saga
Uneasy Lies the Head (1982)
Katharine, the Virgin Widow (1961)
The Shadow of the Pomegranate (1962)
The King's Secret Matter (1962)
Murder Most Royal (1949)
Saint Thomas' Eve (1954)
The Sixth Wife (1953)
The Thistle and the Rose (1963)
Mary, Queen of France (1964)
The Spanish Bridegroom (1954)
Gay Lord Robert (1955) (republished as Lord Robert (UK) in 2007 and A Favorite of the Queen (US) in 2010)
Katharine of Aragon (omnibus of 2-4)
[edit]The Catherine De Medici Trilogy
Madame Serpent (1951)
The Italian Woman (1952) (aka The Unholy Woman)
Queen Jezebel (1953)
Catherine De Medici (omnibus) (1969)
[edit]The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series
Royal Road to Fotheringhay* (1955) (first published as by Eleanor Burford)
The Captive Queen of Scots (1963)
[edit]The Stuart Saga
The Murder in the Tower (1964)
The Wandering Prince (1956)
A Health Unto His Majesty (1956)
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957)
The Three Crowns (1965)
The Haunted Sisters (1966)
The Queen's Favourites (1966)
Charles II (omnibus of 2-4)
[edit]The French Revolution Series
Louis the Well Beloved (1959)
The Road to Compiegne (1959)
Flaunting, Extravagant Queen (1957)
[edit]The Lucrezia Borgia Series
Madonna of the Seven Hills (1958)
Light on Lucrezia (1958)
[edit]The Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy
Castile for Isabella (1960)
Spain for the Sovereigns (1960)
Daughter of Spain (1961)
Isabella and Ferdinand (Omnibus) (1970)
[edit]The Georgian Saga
The Princess of Celle (1967)
Queen in Waiting (1967)
Caroline, the Queen (1968)
The Prince and the Quakeress (1975)
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)
[edit]The Queen Victoria Series
The Captive of Kensington Palace (1972)
The Queen and Lord M (1973)
The Queen's Husband (1973)
The Widow of Windsor (1974)
[edit]The Norman Trilogy
The Bastard King (1974)
The Lion of Justice (1975)
The Passionate Enemies (1976)
[edit]The Plantagenet Saga
The Plantagenet Prelude (1976)
The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977)
The Heart of the Lion (1977)
The Prince of Darkness (1978)
The Battle of the Queens (1978)
The Queen from Provence (1979)
Edward Longshanks (1979) (republished as The Hammer of the Scots in 2008)
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)
Red Rose of Anjou (1982)
The Sun in Splendour (1982)
[edit]The Queens of England Series
Myself My Enemy (1983)
Queen of This Realm (1984)
Victoria Victorious (1985)
The Lady in the Tower (1986)
The Courts of Love (1987)
In the Shadow of the Crown (1988)
The Queen's Secret (1989)
The Reluctant Queen (1990)
The Pleasures of Love (1991)
William's Wife (1992)
Rose Without a Thorn (1993)
[edit]Children's novels
Meg Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More (1961)
The Young Elizabeth (1961)
The Young Mary Queen of Scots (1962)
[edit]The Spanish Inquisition Series (non-fiction)
The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition (1959)
The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition (1960)
The End of the Spanish Inquisition (1961)
[edit]Historical non-fiction
Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland (1975)
A Triptych of Poisoners
[edit]Three Rivers Press editions
In the Spring of 2003 Three Rivers Press, an imprint of U.S.A. publisher Crown Publishing Group, started republishing Jean Plaidy's stories. Three Rivers Press published some of the books with new titles which are listed here:
Royal Road to Fotheringhay (November 23, 2004, ISBN 0609810235) previously published as Royal Road to Fotheringhay (1955) by Eleanor Burford.
The Loves of Charles II (October 25, 2005, ISBN 140008248X) is an omnibus that collects The Wandering Prince (1956), A Health Unto His Majesty (1956), and Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957).
Loyal in Love (October 23, 2007, ISBN 0307346161) previously published as Myself My Enemy (1983).
The Merry Monarch's Wife (January 22, 2008, ISBN 030734617X) previously published as The Pleasures of Love (1991).
The Queen's Devotion (August 26, 2008, ISBN 0307346188) previously published as William's Wife (1990).
To Hold the Crown (October 7, 2008, ISBN 0307346196) previously published as Uneasy Lies the Head (1982).
The King's Confidante (April 7, 2009, ISBN 030734620X) previously published as Saint Thomas' Eve (1954).
For a Queen's Love (March 2, 2010, ISBN 0307346226) previously published as The Spanish Bridegroom (1954).
A Favorite of the Queen (March 2, 2010, ISBN 0307346234) previously published as Gay Lord Robert (1955).
[edit]As Elbur Ford
[edit]Single novels
Poison in Pimlico, 1950
The Flesh and the Devil, 1950
Bed Disturbed, 1952
Evil in the House*, 1953
[edit]As Kathleen Kellow
Some of these novels were re-published under the Jean Plaidy name
[edit]Single novels
Danse Macabre, 1952
Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's, 1953
Lilith, 1954
It Began in Vauxhall Gardens, 1955
Call of the Blood, 1956
Rochester, the Mad Earl, 1957
Milady Charlotte, 1959
The World's a Stage, 1960
[edit]As Ellalice Tate
All these novels were later re-published under the Jean Plaidy name
[edit]Single novels
Defenders of the Faith, 1956
The Scarlet Cloak, 1957
The Queen of Diamonds, 1958
Madame du Barry, 1959
This Was a Man, 1961 (re-published as The King's Adventurer by Jean Plaidy)
[edit]As Anna Percival
[edit]Single novel
Brides of Lanlory, 1960/01
[edit]As Victoria Holt
[edit]Single novels
Mistress of Mellyn (1960)
Kirkland Revels (1962)
Bride of Pendorric (1963)
The Legend of the Seventh Virgin (1965)
Menfreya in the Morning (1966)
The King of the Castle (1967)
The Queen's Confession: The Story of Marie-Antoinette (1968)
The Shivering Sands (1969)
The Secret Woman (1970)
Shadow of the Lynx (1971)
On the Night of the Seventh Moon (1972)
The Curse of the Kings (1973)
The House of a Thousand Lanterns (1974)
Lord of the Far Island (1975)
The Pride of the Peacock (1976)
Devil on Horseback (1977)
My Enemy, the Queen (1978)
Spring of the Tiger (1979)
Mask of the Enchantress (1980)
Judas Kiss (1981)
The Demon Lover (1982)
The Time of the Hunter's Moon (1983)
The Landower Legacy (1984)
The Road to Paradise Island (1985)
Secret for a Nightingale (1986)
Silk Vendetta (1987)
The India Fan (1988)
The Captive (1989)
Snare of Serpents (1990)
Daughter of Deceit (1991)
Seven for a Secret (1992)
The Black Opal (1993)
[edit]Omnibus
Remember, Remember: The Selected Stories of Winifred Holtby (2000)
[edit]Anthologies in collaboration
"The Bride of Pendorric" in Three Great Romantic Stories (1972) (with Hebe Elsna and Lucy Walker)
[edit]As Philippa Carr
[edit]Daughters of England Series
Miracle At St. Bruno's (1972)
The Lion Triumphant (1973)
Witch from the Sea (1975)
Saraband for Two Sisters (1976)
Lament for a Lost Lover (1977)
The Love Child (1950) (first published under the name Eleanor Burford)
The Song of the Siren (1980)
The Drop of the Dice (1981)
The Adulteress (1982)
Zipporah's Daughter (1983)
Voices in A Haunted Room (1984)
The Return of the Gypsy (1985)
Midsummer's Eve (1986)
The Pool of Saint Branok (1987)
The Changeling (1989)
The Black Swan (1990)
A Time for Silence (1991)
The Gossamer Cord (1992)
We'll Meet Again (1993)
[edit]Single novels
Daughters of England (1995)