Eleanor Alice Buford Hibbert is an English author who wrote numerous novels under the pen name of Jean Plaidy. As Jean Plaidy, she wrote the popular Tudor Saga series of books as well as the Stuart Saga series and others.

Hibbert actually wrote books under a number of pen names as she was quite a prolific author. Names that she wrote under include: Victoria Holt, Eleanor Burford, Anna Percival, Philippa Carr, Elbur Ford, Ellalice Tate, Kathleen Kellow, and, of course, Jean Plaidy. For all of her work in writing, Plaidy was awarded with a Golden Treasure award by the RWA as a lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the genre of romance. In her life, she wrote over 200 novels and sold over 100 million copies worldwide.

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Publication Order of Catherine De Medici Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Madame Serpent (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Italian Woman / The Unholy Woman (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen Jezebel (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Daughters Of England Books

(as Philippa Carr)

The Miracle at St. Bruno's (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lion Triumphant (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Witch from the Sea (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saraband for Two Sisters (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lament for a Lost Lover (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Love Child (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Song of the Siren (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Will You Love Me in September (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Adulteress (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Knave of Hearts / Zipporah's Daughter (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Voices in a Haunted Room (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Return of the Gypsy (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Midsummer's Eve (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pool of St. Branok (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Changeling (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Swan (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Time for Silence (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gossamer Cord (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
We'll Meet Again (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Daughters of England (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Famous Childhoods Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

The Young Elizabeth (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Young Mary Queen of Scots (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of French Revolution Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Flaunting, Extravagant Queen (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Louis the Well Beloved (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Road to Compiegne (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of French Revolution Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Louis the Well Beloved(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Road to Compiegne(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Flaunting, Extravagant Queen(1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Georgian Saga Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

The Princess of Celle (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen in Waiting (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Caroline, the Queen (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prince and the Quakeress (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Third George (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Perdita's Prince (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Indiscretions of the Queen (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Regent's Daughter (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Goddess of the Green Room (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Victoria in the Wings (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Isabella & Ferdinand Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Castile for Isabella (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spain for the Sovereigns (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Daughters of Spain (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Lucrezia Borgia Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Madonna of the Seven Hills (As:Jean Plaidy) (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Light on Lucrezia (As:Jean Plaidy) (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Captive Queen of Scots (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Norman Trilogy Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

The Bastard King (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lion of Justice (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Passionate Enemies (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Plantagenet Saga Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

The Plantagenet Prelude (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Heart of the Lion (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hammer of the Scots (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prince of Darkness (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Battle of the Queens (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen from Provence (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hammer of the Scots / Edward Longshanks (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Follies of the King (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vow on the Heron (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Passage to Pontefract (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Star of Lancaster (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Epitaph for Three Women (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Red Rose of Anjou (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sun in Splendour (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Queen Victoria Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

The Captive of Kensington Palace (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen and Lord M (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen's Husband (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Widow of Windsor (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Queens Of England Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Myself My Enemy / Loyal in Love (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen of This Realm (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Victoria Victorious (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lady in the Tower (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Courts of Love (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In the Shadow of the Crown (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen's Secret (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Reluctant Queen (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
William's Wife / The Queen's Devotion (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pleasures of Love / The Merry Monarch's Wife (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rose Without a Thorn (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Stuart Saga Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

A Health Unto His Majesty (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wandering Prince (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Murder in the Tower (1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Three Crowns (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haunted Sisters / Royal Sisters (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen's Favourites / Courting Her Highness (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Murder in the Tower is set first when reading in chronological order.

Publication Order of Tudor Saga Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sixth Wife (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Katharine, the Virgin Widow (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shadow of the Pomegranate (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The King's Secret Matter (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thistle and the Rose (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mary, Queen of France (1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Tudor Saga Books

(as Jean Plaidy)

Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Katharine, the Virgin Widow(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shadow of the Pomegranate(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The King's Secret Matter(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure(1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante(1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sixth Wife(1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thistle and the Rose(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mary, Queen of France(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love(1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen(1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Daughter of Anna (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Passionate Witness (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Married Lover (1942)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When the Entire World is Young (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
So the Dreams Depart (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Together They Ride (As: Jean Plaidy) (1945)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Not in Our Stars (1945)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beyond the Blue Mountains (As:Jean Plaidy) (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dear Chance (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alexa (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The House at Cupid's Cross (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Goldsmith's Wife / The King's Mistress (As: Victoria Holt) (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Believe the Heart (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Poison in Pimlico (As: Elbur Ford) (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Flesh and the Devil (As: Elbur Ford) (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saint or Sinner? (1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bright Tomorrow (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Danse Macabre (As:Kathleen Kellow) (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dear Delusion (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bed Disturbed (As: Elbur Ford) (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's (As:Kathleen Kellow) (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Daughter of Satan (As:Jean Plaidy) (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Leave Me My Love (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Evil in the House / Such Bitter Business (As: Elbur Ford) (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When We Are Married (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Castles in Spain (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lilith (As:Jean Plaidy) (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Two Loves in Her Life (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When Other Hearts (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It Began in Vauxhall Gardens / Melisande (As:Kathleen Kellow) (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It Began in Vauxhall Gardens (As:Jean Plaidy) (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Begin to Live (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Defenders of the Faith (As: Ellalice Tate) (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Call of the Blood (As:Kathleen Kellow) (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Married in Haste (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Meet a Stranger (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rochester (As:Kathleen Kellow) (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scarlet Cloak (As: Ellalice Tate) (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blaze of Noon (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen of Diamonds (As: Ellalice Tate) (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dawn Chorus (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Madame Du Barry (As: Ellalice Tate) (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Milady Charlotte (As:Jean Plaidy) (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Sky at Night (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mistress of Mellyn (As: Victoria Holt) (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night of Stars (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World's a Stage (As:Kathleen Kellow) (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Brides of Lanlory (As: Anna Percival) (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This Was a Man / The King's Adventurer (As: Ellalice Tate) (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Now That April's Gone (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Meg Roper (As: Jean Plaidy) (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spanish Inquisition (As: Jean Plaidy) (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kirkland Revels (As: Victoria Holt) (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Who's Calling? (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Katharine of Aragon (As:Jean Plaidy) (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bride of Pendorric (As: Victoria Holt) (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Legend of the Seventh Virgin (As:Victoria Holt) (1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Evergreen Gallant (As: Jean Plaidy) (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Menfreya in the Morning (As: Victoria Holt) (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The King of the Castle (As: Victoria Holt) (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen's Confession (As: Victoria Holt) (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shivering Sands (As: Victoria Holt) (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret Woman (As: Victoria Holt) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shadow of the Lynx (As: Victoria Holt) (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On the Night of the Seventh Moon (As: Victoria Holt) (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Curse of the Kings (As: Victoria Holt) (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The House of a Thousand Lanterns (As: Victoria Holt) (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lord of the Far Island (As: Victoria Holt) (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland (As: Jean Plaidy) (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pride of the Peacock (As: Victoria Holt) (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil on Horseback (As: Victoria Holt) (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Enemy, the Queen (As: Victoria Holt) (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spring of the Tiger (As: Victoria Holt) (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mask of the Enchantress (As: Victoria Holt) (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Judas Kiss (As: Victoria Holt) (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Demon Lover (As: Victoria Holt) (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Time of the Hunter's Moon (As: Victoria Holt) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Landower Legacy (As:Victoria Holt) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Road to Paradise Island (As: Victoria Holt) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Story of Elizabeth I (As:Jean Plaidy) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Secret for a Nightingale (As: Victoria Holt) (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Silk Vendetta (As: Victoria Holt) (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The India Fan (As: Victoria Holt) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Captive (As: Victoria Holt) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Snare of Serpents (As: Victoria Holt) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Daughter of Deceit (As: Victoria Holt) (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven for a Secret (As: Victoria Holt) (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Opal (As: Victoria Holt) (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

A Triptych of Poisoners (As:Jean Plaidy) (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition (As:Jean Plaidy) (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition (As:Jean Plaidy) (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The End of the Spanish Inquisition (As:Jean Plaidy) (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spanish Inquisition (As: Jean Plaidy) (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland (As: Jean Plaidy) (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

A Gothic Treasure Trove(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like Jean Plaidy Books, You’ll Love…

To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York is the first book in the Tudors Saga that Plaidy published. This book takes readers inside the making of the great Tudor empire as Henry Tudor’s ascent to the throne and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, daughter and direct heir of King Edward IV, and all of their drama in their lives including the death of their son Arthur and, later, the crowning of their younger son, King Henry VIII.

Louis the Well-Beloved is the first book in Plaidy’s French Revolution series. The book follows a young King Louis XV as the country hopes for him to come of age and bring back glory and prosperity to the country. He’s young though and too preoccupied with the thrills of hunting and gambling to notice the power struggle going on in his own court. He then finds many distractions in the form of mistresses and lovers.

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2 Responses to “Order of Jean Plaidy Books”

  1. Christine Henderson: 1 year ago

    Hello,
    Being an avid reader of Jean Plaidy I have read through her books from earliest times to the end of the Victorian era but cannot find any continuation to the Edwardian era.
    Can you help please?

    Reply

  2. epsilon53: 4 years ago

    Thank you for reminding me of Jean Plaidy. I had read many of her books under a few of her pen names years ago. Her books are always well researched and I enjoyed them very much.

    Reply

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