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Hibbert, as Plaidy, was probably the most popular British Historical Novel ist of the 20th Century , and possibly of all time. She wrote over eighty Historical Novel s, which nowadays tend to be looked down on by "serious" enthusiasts of history, but which served the useful purpose of bringing historical figures and events to a wider readership.


HISTORICAL NOVELS BY JEAN PLAIDY


  • ''Murder Most Royal'' ( 1949 )

  • ''The Sixth Wife'' ( 1953 )

  • ''Saint Thomas' Eve'' ( 1954 )

  • ''Spanish Bridegroom'' (1954)

  • ''Gay Lord Robert'' ( 1955 )

  • ''Katharine, the Virgin Widow'' ( 1961 )

  • ''The King's Secret Matter'' ( 1962 )

  • ''Shadow of the Pomegranate'' ( 1962 )

  • ''The Thistle and the Rose'' ( 1963 )

  • ''Mary, Queen of France'' ( 1964 )

  • ''Uneasy Lies the Head''( 1982 )

  • ''Madame Serpent'' ( 1951 )

  • ''The Italian Woman'' ( 1952 )

  • ''Queen Jezebel'' (1953)

  • ''Health Unto His Majesty'' ( 1956 )

  • ''The Wandering Prince'' (1956)

  • ''Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord'' ( 1957 )

  • ''Murder in the Tower'' (1964)

  • ''The Three Crowns'' (1965)

  • ''Haunted Sisters'' (1966)

  • ''Queen's Favourites'' (1966)

  • ''Flaunting, Extravagant Queen'' (1957)

  • ''Louis the Well Beloved'' (1959)

  • ''The Road to Compiegne'' (1959)

  • ''The Young Elizabeth'' (1961)

  • ''The Young Mary Queen of Scots'' (1962)



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)

  • ''Regent's Daughter'' ( 1971 )

  • ''Goddess of the Green Room'' (1971)

  • ''Victoria in the Wings'' ( 1972 )



The Norman Trilogy


  • ''The Bastard King'' ( 1974 )

  • ''The Lion of Justice'' ( 1975 )

  • ''The Passionate Enemies'' ( 1976 )



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)

  • ''Hammer of the Scots'' (1979)

  • ''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)

  • ''Sun in Splendour'' (1982)



Queens of England

  • ''Myself My Enemy'' ( 1983 )

  • ''Queen of This Realm: The Story of Elizabeth I'' ( 1984 )

  • ''Victoria Victorious'' ( 1985 )

  • ''The Lady in the Tower'' ( 1986 )

  • ''The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine'' ( 1987 )

  • ''In the Shadow of the Crown'' ( 1988 )

  • ''The Queen's Secret: The Story of Queen Katherine'' ( 1989 )

  • ''The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York'' ( 1990 )

  • ''The Pleasures of Love: The Story of Catherine of Braganza'' ( 1991 )

  • ''William's Wife'' ( 1992 )

  • ''The Rose Without a Thorn'' ( 1993 )



Mary Queen of Scots

  • ''Royal Road to Fotheringay'' (1955; revised 1967)

  • ''The Captive Queen of Scots'' (1963)

  • ''Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland'' (non-fiction) (1975)