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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Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, History, Large type books, Queens, Fiction, general, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Kings and rulers, Fiction in English, Historical Fiction, Fiction, biographical, Protected DAISY, Accessible book, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, England, fiction, France, fiction, In library, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, romance, suspense, Biographical fiction, Historia, Romans, nouvelles, Royalty, Cornwall (england : county), fictionPlaces
Great Britain, England, France, Scotland, Spain, Australia, Cornwall (England : County), Black Forest (Germany), Germany, Italy, Bavaria, Bavaria (Germany), China, Cornwall, Gran Bretaña, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China), Papal States, Sri Lanka, Africa, Angleterre, Black Forest, Chine, Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland)People
Catherine de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901), Anne Boleyn Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1507-1536), Catharine of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1536), Charles II King of England (1630-1685), Marie Antoinette, Mary II Queen of England (1662-1694), Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Catherine of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England (1638-1705), 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), Isabella I Queen of Spain (1451-1504), Louis XV King of France (1710-1774), Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), Margaret Roper (1505-1544), Marie Antoinette Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France (1755-1793), Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535), Barbara (Villiers) Palmer Cleveland Duchess of (1641-1709), 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 Valois, Queen, consort of Henry V, King of England (1401-1437)Time
Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, 18th Century, 17th Century, 19th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, Mary Stuart, 1542-1567, 1700s, Henry II, 1154-1189, 1492-1559, 15th Century, 18th century, Anne, 1702-1714, Edward IV, 1461-1483, French Revolution, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Revolution, 1789-1799, Victoria, 1837-1901, William and Mary, 1689-1702, 12th Century, 1377-1399, 1542-1587, 1600s, 1715 - 1754, 1789-1820
ID Numbers
- OLID: OL442995A
- ISNI: 0000000114878031
- VIAF: 66468765
- Wikidata: Q142106
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Alternative names
- Eleanor Burford
- Jean Plaidy
- Elbur Ford
- Kathleen Kellow
- Ellalice Tate
- Anna Percival
- Victoria Holt
- 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
- holt victoria
- victoria holt
- 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
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