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Victoria Holt

Eleanor Alice Burford was born on September 01, 1906 in Kensington, London. Her father, Joseph Burford, was something of an odd-job man, with no steady profession, but he quickly passed on his great love of books to his young daughter. She was an avid reader from the age of four onwards. In her early twenties, she married a leather merchant, George Percival Hibbert, who shared her love of books and reading.

Eleanor Burford was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She used eight pennames during her career and many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she created her first and most prolific pseudonym: Jean Plaidy. In the 1950's she used the pseudonyms: Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. In 1960, she created the pseudonyms: Anna Percival and the popular Victoria Holt. In 1972, she created her last pseudonym Philippa Carr. (Some of her novels were reedited as different pseudonyms)

She died on January 18, 1993 at sea, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt. By the time of her death, the novels of Jean Plaidy had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Her last novel The Black Opal as Victoria Holt was published posthumously, under this pseudonym, she sold 56 millon copies and as Phillipa Carr, 3 million.

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English novelist (1906–1993)

Born 1906-09-01
Died 1993-01-18

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    First published in 1961 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: VICTORIA HOLT LOT *ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON *MY ENEMY THE QUEEN *THE DEVIL ON HORSEBACK *THE CURSE OF THE KINGS *THE SPRING OF THE TIGER *THE LANDOWNER LEGACY *LORD OF THE FAR ISLAND *THE PRIDE OF THE PEACOCK - LOT OF 8

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English novelist (1906–1993)

Born 1906-09-01
Died 1993-01-18

Subjects

Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Large type books, Fiction, general, Great britain, fiction, Queens, Fiction in English, Fiction, biographical, Kings and rulers, Historical Fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Fiction, romance, historical, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, France, fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, romance, suspense, Romans, nouvelles, Biographical fiction, Historia, Nobility, Royalty, Spain, fiction

Places

Great Britain, England, France, Spain, Scotland, Australia, Italy, Cornwall (England : County), Papal States, Cornwall, Germany, Gran Bretaña, Africa, Angleterre, Bavaria, Bavaria (Germany), Black Forest, Black Forest (Germany), China, Chine, Cornwall (County), Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland), Egypt, England) Kensington (London

People

Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901), Catherine de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Catharine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1536), Isabella I Queen of Spain (1451-1504), Marie Antoinette, Mary II Queen of England (1662-1694), Anne Boleyn Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1507-1536), Charles II King of England (1630-1685), Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England (1122?-1204), George III King of Great Britain (1738-1820), George IV King of Great Britain (1762-1830), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Borgia family, Caroline Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain (1683-1737), Catharine Howard Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (d. 1542), Catherine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1536), Catherine of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England (1638-1705), Catherine of Valois, Queen, consort of Henry V, King of England (1401-1437), Edward IV King of England (1442-1483), Henrietta Maria Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England (1609-1669), Henry II King of England (1133-1189), Louis XV King of France (1710-1774)

Time

Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, Victoria, 1837-1901, 18th Century, 1492-1559, 1700s, 17th Century, 19th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516, Henry II, 1154-1189, Mary Stuart, 1542-1567, 15th Century, 16th century, Anne, 1702-1714, Edward IV, 1461-1483, French Revolution, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Louis XV, 1715-1774, Richard I, 1189-1199, William and Mary, 1689-1702, 12th Century, 1377-1399, 1479-1516 (Ferdinand et Isabelle), 1542-1587

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Alternative names

  • Eleanor Burford
  • Jean Plaidy
  • Elbur Ford
  • Kathleen Kellow
  • Ellalice Tate
  • Anna Percival
  • Victoria HOLT
  • Philippa Carr
  • Jean PLAIDY
  • Jean AKA Victoria Holt Plaidy
  • Jean PLaidy
  • PLAIDY JEAN
  • JEAN PLAIDY
  • Eleanor Hibbert
  • Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert
  • Jean
  • Carr, Philippa
  • Holt, Victoria Plaidy
  • Rinehart and Winston Holt
  • Holt Rinehart & Winston
  • Rinehart and Winston Staff Holt
  • HOLT RINEHART AND WINSTON
  • Margaret Carr
  • Corazon de Leon
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  • HOLT Victoria.
  • VICTORIA. HOLT
  • VICTORIA HOLT
  • Holt, Victoria
  • Philippa Carr (Victoria Holt)
  • Victoria. Holt
  • Carr, Philippa/ Holt, Victoria/ Plaidy, Jean/ Hibbert, Eleanor (CON)
  • Eleonor Burford Hibbert
  • Eleanor Burford Hibbert
  • Виктория Холт
  • Джин Плейди
  • Jean; Carr, Philippa; Holt, Victoria Plaidy
  • Eleanor Alice Hibbert
  • Kathleen Kellow,
  • PHILIPPA CARR
  • Holt, Victoria pseud. van Eleanor A. Burford Hibbert
  • He te (Holt, Victoria, 1906- )
  • HOLT VICTORIA
  • Victoria: Holt
  • Victoria Holt;Philippa Carr
  • Victoria Holt;Philippa Carr;Jean Plaidy
  • Holt Victoria
  • Jear (aka Victoria Holt) Plaidy
  • Philippa (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert) Carr
  • Philippa Carr Victoria Holt
  • Philippa Carr - Victoria Holt
  • Victoria Holt as Jean Plaidy
  • Victoria Holt (Author)
  • Jean (Victoria Holt) Plaidy
  • Carr, Philippa, Holt, Victoria, Plaidy, Jean, Hibbert, Eleanor
  • HOLT Victoria
  • Carr, Philippa/Holt, Victoria
  • Plaidy Jean
  • Philippa Carr aka Victoria Holt
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  • Holt, Victoria, Carr, Philippa, Plaidy, Jean
  • Philippa Carr (aka Victoria Holt)
  • Holt, Victoria (pseudonym of Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert who also wrote as Jean Plaidy and Philippa Carr) [Dust Wrapper illustration by Ben Stahl, t
  • Ellalice Tate.
  • Jean Plady
  • V Holt
  • V. HOLT

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