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Myself My Enemy or Loyal in Love
When Jean Plaidy’s novel on Henrietta Maria, wife of England’s Charles I, was republished by Three Rivers Press/Crown in 2007, …
Eleanor Hibbert: Letter about Jane Shore in The Goldsmith’s Wife by Jean Plaidy
**This was originally posted on my other website (historical-fiction.com) on 2/6/2013.** Just days after the announcement that confirmed Richard III’s …
Daughters of England by Philippa Carr: the final book penned before the author’s death
Today, on the 21st anniversary of Eleanor Hibbert’s death, we take a closer look at the book she was supposedly …
review: The Prince and the Quakeress
The Prince and the Quakeress Fourth Book in the Georgian Saga by Jean Plaidy This is the story of the …
A birthday remembrance: September 1, 1906
This year I have been attempting to read one book per month by Hibbert, and while I haven’t quite kept …
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord
First published in 1957, Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord is the third in Jean Plaidy’s Charles II trilogy, which can …
Philippa Carr on Kindle
The Miracle at St. Bruno’s The Daughters of England, book 1 of 19 by Philippa Carr The first book in …
The Italian Woman, Author’s Note
The middle book of Jean Plaidy’s Catherine de’ Medici trilogy, The Italian Woman was first published in 1953. Below is …
From Historical Fiction to Suspense: Victoria Holt’s Mistress of Mellyn
Today is the 20th anniversary of Eleanor Hibbert’s passing on January 18, 1993 and in honor of her memory I …