Victoria Holt Books In Order
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Madame Serpent | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Italian Woman / The Unholy Woman | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Queen Jezebel | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Daughters Of England Books
The Miracle at St. Bruno's | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lion Triumphant | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witch from the Sea | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saraband for Two Sisters | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lament for a Lost Lover | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Love Child | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Song of the Siren | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Will You Love Me in September | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adulteress | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knave of Hearts / Zipporah's Daughter | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Voices in a Haunted Room | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Return of the Gypsy | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midsummer's Eve | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pool of St. Branok | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Changeling | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Swan | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time for Silence | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gossamer Cord | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
We'll Meet Again | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daughters of England | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Famous Childhoods Books
The Young Elizabeth | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Young Mary Queen of Scots | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of French Revolution Books
Flaunting, Extravagant Queen | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Louis the Well Beloved | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Road to Compiegne | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of French Revolution Books
Louis the Well Beloved | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Road to Compiegne | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flaunting, Extravagant Queen | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Georgian Saga Books
The Princess of Celle | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Queen in Waiting | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caroline, the Queen | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prince and the Quakeress | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Third George | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perdita's Prince | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Indiscretions of the Queen | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Regent's Daughter | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goddess of the Green Room | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Victoria in the Wings | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Isabella & Ferdinand Books
Castile for Isabella | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spain for the Sovereigns | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daughters of Spain | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lucrezia Borgia Books
Madonna of the Seven Hills | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Light on Lucrezia | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots Books
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Captive Queen of Scots | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Norman Trilogy Books
The Bastard King | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lion of Justice | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Passionate Enemies | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Plantagenet Saga Books
The Plantagenet Prelude | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Revolt of the Eaglets | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Heart of the Lion | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prince of Darkness | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Battle of the Queens | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen from Provence | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hammer of the Scots / Edward Longshanks | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Follies of the King | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vow on the Heron | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Passage to Pontefract | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Star of Lancaster | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Epitaph for Three Women | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Rose of Anjou | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sun in Splendour | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Queen Victoria Books
The Captive of Kensington Palace | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen and Lord M | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen's Husband | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Widow of Windsor | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Queens Of England Books
Myself My Enemy / Loyal in Love | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Queen of This Realm | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Victoria Victorious | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lady in the Tower | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Courts of Love | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Shadow of the Crown | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen's Secret | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reluctant Queen | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
William's Wife / The Queen's Devotion | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pleasures of Love / The Merry Monarch's Wife | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rose Without a Thorn | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Stuart Saga Books
A Health Unto His Majesty | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wandering Prince | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Murder in the Tower | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Crowns | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haunted Sisters / Royal Sisters | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen's Favourites / Courting Her Highness | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Murder in the Tower is set first when reading in chronological order. |
Publication Order of Tudor Saga Books
Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sixth Wife | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Katharine, the Virgin Widow | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shadow of the Pomegranate | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King's Secret Matter | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Thistle and the Rose | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mary, Queen of France | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of Tudor Saga Books
Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Katharine, the Virgin Widow | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shadow of the Pomegranate | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King's Secret Matter | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sixth Wife | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Thistle and the Rose | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mary, Queen of France | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Daughter of Anna | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Passionate Witness | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Married Lover | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When the Entire World is Young | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
So the Dreams Depart | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Together They Ride | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Not in Our Stars | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beyond the Blue Mountains | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dear Chance | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alexa | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House at Cupid's Cross | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goldsmith's Wife / The King's Mistress | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Believe the Heart | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Poison in Pimlico | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flesh and the Devil | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saint or Sinner? | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bright Tomorrow | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Danse Macabre | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dear Delusion | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bed Disturbed | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daughter of Satan | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Leave Me My Love | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Evil in the House / Such Bitter Business | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When We Are Married | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Castles in Spain | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lilith | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two Loves in Her Life | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Other Hearts | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Began in Vauxhall Gardens / Melisande | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Began in Vauxhall Gardens | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Begin to Live | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Defenders of the Faith | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Call of the Blood | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Married in Haste | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Meet a Stranger | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rochester | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Scarlet Cloak | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze of Noon | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen of Diamonds | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dawn Chorus | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Madame Du Barry | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Milady Charlotte | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Sky at Night | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mistress of Mellyn | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of Stars | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's a Stage | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Brides of Lanlory | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This Was a Man / The King's Adventurer: Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Now That April's Gone | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meg Roper | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kirkland Revels | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who's Calling? | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Katharine of Aragon | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bride of Pendorric | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Legend of the Seventh Virgin | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Evergreen Gallant | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Menfreya in the Morning | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King of the Castle | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen's Confession | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shivering Sands | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Woman | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shadow of the Lynx | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On the Night of the Seventh Moon | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Curse of the Kings | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House of a Thousand Lanterns | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lord of the Far Island | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pride of the Peacock | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil on Horseback | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Enemy, the Queen | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spring of the Tiger | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mask of the Enchantress | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Judas Kiss | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Demon Lover | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time of the Hunter's Moon | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Landower Legacy | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Road to Paradise Island | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Story of Elizabeth I | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secret for a Nightingale | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silk Vendetta | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The India Fan | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Captive | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snare of Serpents | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daughter of Deceit | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven for a Secret | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Opal | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
A Triptych of Poisoners | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End of the Spanish Inquisition | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spanish Inquisition | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Eleanor Burford Hibbert, recognized to readers as Victoria Holt was born on (1st September 1906 – 19th January 1993) in Kensington, London, England. She was one of the most excellent English authors who united imagination through facts to bring the past alive throughout novels of fiction as well as romance for most of the twentieth century. The fact of the matter is that Victoria Holt was one of the world’s most adored as well as enduring authors. In her early twenties, she married George Percival Hibber wholesale leather merchant who was about 20-years older than herself and she was the 2nd wife. Both shared the love of reading the books. It is evident that Victoria Holt published quite a lot of books a year in different fictional genres and was a creative writer. She used eight pen names during her career and many of her book lovers never suspected her other identities. Victoria inherited the love of reading and writing from her father, Joseph Burford, who was a dock laborer. Alice Louise Burford was her mother. When Victoria Holt was young, her health strained her to be confidentially educated at home. Ideally, she went to a business college when she was at the age of 16 where she studied Shorthand typewriting along with languages. The knowledge she acquired enabled her to work in Hatton Garden as a jeweler where she evaluated gems and typed. Additionally, she worked as a verbal communication interpreter in a café for German as well as French speaking tourists.
In 1941, she began singing her novels with her maiden name Eleaner Burford and later she created her first and the most prolific fictitious name Jean Plaidy. In the 1950’s she used the pseudonyms; Kathleen Kellow, Allalice Tate, and Elbur Ford. In 1960, she created the pseudonyms the popular Victoria Holt and Anna Percival. She fashioned her last pseudonyms Philippa Carr in 1972. Between 1974 and 1978 Victoria Holt bought a 13th-century mansion house in Sandwich, Kent that she named King’s Lodging since she knew that it had served formerly as lodging for English monarchs Elizabeth I and Henry VIII. Most importantly, the residence had carved fireplaces and a stairway from the Tudor era. Victoria Holt reinstated the house as well as furnished it magnificently but almost immediately found it too huge for her taste as well as too distant from London. She immediately moved to a two-storey penthouse residence at Albert Court, Kensington Gore, London that overlooked the Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park. Mrs. Molly Pascoe was Victoria’s companion and traveled together as well as shared the same apartment. In 1985, Victoria Holt sold King’s Lodging. She used to sail around the globe on board a cruise ship three months a year from January to April. The most exotic destinations she liked most are Egypt and Australia. In 1970 she traveled by water to Sydney and in 1978 she sailed to Canberra. Her vision started failing on the way to the end of her life. She died on (19 January 1993) on the tour ship Sea Princess somewhere Athens and was masked at sea. On 6th March 1993, a commemorative service was afterward held at St Peter Anglican cathedral, Kensington Park Road, London.
Victoria Holt constantly used the pseudonym for her chronological novels about the crowned heads of Europe. The books printed under this pen name were accepted by the community and were also hailed by opponents along with historians for their chronological precision, the superiority of writing and concentration to detail. Some of the novels include;
(i) Secret for a Nightingale (September-1986)
The book narrates the story of a young girl in India, beautiful, high-spirited by the name Susanna Pleydell.
(ii) The Silk Vendetta (September-1987)
The book illustrates amidst the lush romance of Victorian London, Florence, and Paris whereby a deadly family rivalry is born.
(iii) The home of a Thousand Lanterns (1974)
The house she had dreamed of since childhood. The book illustrates the home where her most horrible nightmares were about to come true. The story narrates how Jane Lindsay by no means dreamed she would be rich or that she would be in love with a man she could not trust.
Her writing career started when she first discovered her interest in the past and during her teenage years, she visited Hampton Court. She realized her aspiration to write after her marriage since she achieved the monetary independence she needed. The historic monuments of London and royal qualities filled Victoria Holt’s historical novels. Later she was influenced by her usual visits to British notable homes as well as their architecture. Victoria wrote nine long novels during her 1930s whereby each about 150,000 words in length and all of them serious enhanced emotional studies of modern-day life. At the same time, she wrote the short stories purposely for the newspaper such as Evening News and Daily Mail. Victoria Holt read more than 50 romance novels basically as research.
Victoria Holt enjoyed a good physical shape, lifelong affiliation with her mythical agents and publishers. Victoria Holt had sold 75 million books by the time of her death in 1993 that was interpreted in 20 languages under the name Victoria Holt and 14 million under the pen name Jean Plaidy as well as 3 million under the pen name Philippa Carr. Mark Hamilton of the A.M. Heath Literary Agency took over after her death as executor of her literary estate, anticipated to be valued about $ 8,790,807.
In conclusion, Victoria Holt was a creative writer, churning out many books in annually under different names. She attributed her large production to her usual working habits. Ideally, she expressed herself as an obsessive author and would write down the entire seven days in a week. She dedicated five hours each day to her writing which took her to conduct research as well as proof-read her draft. In addition, she also spends time at Kensington Central Library. The fact of the matter is that Victoria Holt maintained her discipline even while on her yearly cruise all over the world. However, essentially, each of Victoria’s Jean Plaidy books attributed a bibliography at the end, listing the chronological works consulted all through the course of lettering the book. From the readers’ point of view, most of Victoria Holt’s books are well structured and entertaining given the fact that they have a flow.
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I started reading Ms. Holt’s books in the 1970’s, borrowing them from the library in Taos, New Mexico. Beyond the Blue Mountains, which of course is Jean Plaidy, was the first book I read. It was paperback and contained the a list of her pen names and their books, and the name Victoria Holt really stuck with me. I read every book I found under her pen names I could find in the Taos Library, then when we moved to Elko, Nevada in the mid-80’s, I looked for more there. I especially loved the Plantagenet Saga. To this day, I am still a great fan of hers (we share the same birth day of September 1), and am astounded at how different the writing styles of each pseudonym are. She truly was a magnificent writer.