Murder Most Royal

Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed … Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans … One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there – Matt Bates * WH Smith Travel *
Jean Plaidy doesn’t just write the history, she makes it come alive. – Julia Moffat, RNA
Miss Plaidy has skillfully entwined their [Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard] two stories. * Sunday Times *
Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama * New York Times *
Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting * Observer *
This spirited novel is in the best tradition of historical fiction.Action is swift, conversation natural, background authentic…Plaidy paints the truth as she sees it.It is difficult to present the case of his wives and still be fair to Henry; that this is accomplished makes the book a conspicuous success. * Birmingham Post *
This is at once an exciting and an intelligent novel * Truth Magazine *
An enthralling story of a grim period of history, told with rare skill * Aberdeen Press and Journal *

Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy’s novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.

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