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Hibbert, as Plaidy, was probably the most popular British historical novelist of the 20th century, and possibly of all time. She wrote over eighty historical novels, 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.

1 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 ( 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in)
• The Wandering Prince (1956)
• Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord ( 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t)
• 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)

1.1 The Georgian Saga

• The Princess of Celle ( 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio)
• Queen in Waiting (1967)
• Caroline, the Queen ( 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the)
• The Prince and the Quakeress ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i)
• The Third George (1969)
• Perdita's Prince ( 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i)
• Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill ( 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January)
• Indiscretions of the Queen (1970)
• Regent's Daughter ( 1971)
• Goddess of the Green Room (1971)
• Victoria in the Wings ( 1972)
• The Passionate Enemies ( 1976)