By Slanted Light

Oh, interesting.. oh, in fact - I've just been to Wiki, and apparently she was actually Eleanor Hibbert, and she wrote as "Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate, Anna Percival"! Gosh! And for some reason I thought Philippa Carr was a contemporary writer, but she died in 1993, aged 86 - at sea, where she was buried. She sounds like a very interesting person in fact! Oh wow - and I've just realised, when I was at Looe I walked along the coast path to Plaidy Beach, and it was the beach where she stayed with her husband during WWII, and inspired her pen-name! I do like a good connection like that! *g*