Hibbert, Eleanor

Gene Playdy

In the USA, they were published under other names; in reprints, the names also changed.

Separate novels

• Together They Ride (1945)
• Beyond the Blue Mountains (1948)
• The jeweler’s wife is The Goldsmith's Wife (1950) (aka The King's Mistress ). Edward IV became interested in the young wife of a jeweler - eighteen-year-old Jane Shore
• Daughter of Satan - Daughter of Satan (1952). During the time of superstitious Jacob I, a woman attributes to her daughter devilish fatherhood.
• Lilith (1954)
• Melisande (It Began in Vauxhall Gardens) (1955)
• Scarlet Robe - The Scarlet Cloak (1957). The Spanish aristocrat Blasco Carramadino spies in England and at the same time is looking for his kidnapped lover.
• Milady Charlotte (1959)
• The Eternal Lover (Evergreen Gallant) (1965). About Heinrich of Navarre
• Defenders of the Faith (1971)
• Madame du Barry (1994)
• The King's Adventurer (1996) (originally This Was a Man by Ellalice Tate)

Tudor saga

1. Uneasy Lies the Head (1982)
2. Katharine, the Virgin Widow (1961)
3. In the shadow of a pomegranate (The Shadow of the Pomegranate) (1962). About Catherine of Aragon.
4. The King's Secret Matter (1962)
5. Path to the Scaffold (Murder Most Royal) (1949)
6. Temple of Love at the King’s Court / Saint Thomas' Eve (1954). About Thomas More .
7. Sixth wife (The Sixth Wife) (1953). About Katerina Parr
8. The Thistle and the Rose (The Thistle and the Rose) (1963). Princess Margarita Tudor , married to James IV of Scotland
9. Mary, Queen of France (1964)
10. The Spanish Bridegroom (1954). About Philip II of Spain .
11. Jolly Mr. Robert (Gay Lord Robert) (1955) (reprinted by Lord Robert (UK, 2007) A Favorite of the Queen (US, 2010). About the love of Elizabeth Tudor and Robert Dudley .

• Katharine of Aragon (Digest No. 2-4)

Trilogy about Catherine de Medici

1. Madame Serpent (1951)
2. Italian / Poisoner / The Cursed Seducer (The Italian Woman) (1952) ( The Unholy Woman )
3. Queen Libertine / Queen Jezebel (1953)

• Catherine De Medici (compilation) (1969)

Series about Mary Stuart

1. Royal Road to Fotheringhay (1955) (previously published under the name of E. Badford)
2. Mary Stuart - The Captive Queen of Scots (1963)

Stuart saga

1. The Murder in the Tower (1964)
2. Chosen King (The Wandering Prince) (1956)
3. The Wanderer Prince (A Health Unto His Majesty) (1956)
4. Here lies our supreme lord (Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord) (1957)
5. The Three Crowns (1965)
6. The Haunted Sisters (1966)
7. Favorite Queen (The Queen's Favorites) (1966)

• Charles II (omnibus of 2–4)

French revolution

1. Louis the Beloved (1959)
2. The Road to Compiegne (1959)
3. Flaunting, Extravagant Queen (1957)

Lucrezia Borgia

1. Madonna of the Seven Hills (1958)
2. Lucretia Lucretia / Lucrezia Halo (Light on Lucrezia) (1958)

Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy

1. Queen of Castile (Castile for Isabella) (1960)
2. Spain for the Kings (Spain for the Sovereigns) (1960)
3. Daughter of Spain (1961)

• Isabella and Ferdinand (Omnibus) (1970)

Georgian saga

1. The Princess of Celle (1967)
2. Queen in Waiting (1967)
3. Caroline, the Queen (1968)
4. The Prince and the Quakeress (1975)
5. The Third George (The Third George) (1969) - about George III
6. Seducer (Perdita's Prince) (1969)
7. Sweetheart from Richmond Hill (Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill) (1970)
8. The recklessness of the Queen (Indiscretions of the Queen) (1970)
9. The Regent's Daughter (1971)
10. Goddess of the Green Room (1971)
11. Victoria - Queen of England / Queen Victoria (Victoria in the Wings) (1972)

Queen Victoria saga

1. The Captive of Kensington Palace (1972)
2. The Queen and Lord M (1973)
3. The Queen's Husband (1973)
4. The Widow of Windsor (1974)

The Norman Trilogy

1. The Bastard King (1974)
2. The Lion of Justice (1975)
3. The Passionate Enemies (1976)

Plantagenet Saga

1. The beginning of the dynasty (The Plantagenet Prelude) (1976). XII century. Henry II Plantagenet marries Alienore of Aquitaine and quarrels with Thomas Becket .
2. The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977)
3. The Heart of the Lion (1977)
4. The Black Prince (The Prince of Darkness) (1978)
5. The Battle of the Queens (1978)
6. The Queen from Provence (1979)
7. Edward Longshanks (1979) (reprinted by The Hammer of the Scots , 2008)
8. Queen's Revenge (The Follies of the King) (1980)
9. Lady Sun (The Vow on the Heron) (1980)
10. Passage to Pontefract (1981)
11. The Star of Lancaster (1981)
12. Epitaph for Three Women (1981)
13. Scarlet Rose of Anjou (Red Rose of Anjou) (1982)
14. The Sun in Splendour (1982)

Children's novels

• Meg Roper, daughter of Sir Thomas More (1961)
• The Young Elizabeth (1961)
• The Young Mary Queen of Scots (1962)

Series about the Queens of England

1. Myself My Enemy (1983)
2. Queen of Victoria (Queen of This Realm) (1984)
3. Born to Glory (Victoria Victorious) (1985)
4. The Lady in the Tower (1986)
5. The Courts of Love (1987)
6. Power Without Glory (In the Shadow of the Crown) (1988)
7. Secret marriage (The Queen's Secret) (1989)
8. The Doomed to the Crown (The Reluctant Queen) (1990)
9. The Fatal Choice (The Pleasures of Love) (1991)
10. William's Wife (1992)
11. Rose Without a Thorn (1993)

Series about the Spanish Inquisition

Documentary

1. The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition (1959)
2. The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition (1960)
3. The End of the Spanish Inquisition (1961)

Historical Documentary

• Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland (1975)
• A Triptych of Poisoners

Three Rivers Press editions

In the spring of 2003, Three Rivers Press, the Crown Publishing Group, began to republish Gene Playdy's books. Some of them were given new names:

• Mary, Queen of Scotland: The triumphant year ← Royal Road to Fotheringhay (1955) by Eleanor Burford.
• The Loves of Charles II is a collection of novels by The Wandering Prince (1956), A Health Unto His Majesty (1956), and Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957).
• Loyal in Love ← Myself My Enemy (1983).
• The Merry Monarch's Wife ← The Pleasures of Love (1991).
• The Queen's Devotion ← William's Wife (1990).
• To Hold the Crown ← Uneasy Lies the Head (1982).
• The King's Confidante ← Saint Thomas' Eve (1954).
• For a Queen's Love ← The Spanish Bridegroom (1954).
• A Favorite of the Queen ← Gay Lord Robert (1955).

Victoria Holt

Separate novels

• Mistress of the Castle of Mellin / Resident of Passion / Mistress of Mellin - Mistress of Mellyn (1960). An orphan governess in a mysterious estate.
• Kirkland Fun / Kirkland Delights / Happiness and Mystery / Secret of the Estate - Kirkland Revels (1962). A young widow seeks to understand the causes of trouble.
• Difficult Happiness - Bride of Pendorric (1963)
• The Legend of the Seventh Virgin / Seventh Virgin - The Legend of the Seventh Virgin (1965). In one of the walls of the former monastery, the remains of a walled nun were discovered.
• Menfreya Castle - Menfreya in the Morning (1966)
• The Lord of the castle / Earl in love / Emeralds for the wedding / King of the castle - The King of the Castle (1967). A girl comes to the castle to restore portraits.
• The Queen's Confession: The Story of Marie-Antoinette (1968). Diary of Queen Marie Antoinette.
• Treacherous Sands - The Shivering Sands (1969)
• Mysterious Woman / Fatal Woman - The Secret Woman (1970). The young woman is in the center of events taking place in the most influential and wealthy family in a small English city. At the same time, she is trying to solve the mystery of her aunt’s death. The action takes place during the reign of Queen Victoria.
• Shadow of the Lynx - Shadow of the Lynx (1971). The main character of the novel, after the death of her father, goes to Australia to her guardian
• On the night of the seventh moon (On the Night of the Seventh Moon) (1972). Elena Trant was brought up in a boarding house at the convent of one of the principalities of Germany. She thinks she got married - others that she has amnesia after rape.
• The Mysterious Mistress / Tomb of the Pharaoh (The Curse of the Kings) (1973). The British in Egypt.
• The Light of Love - The House of a Thousand Lanterns (1974)
• A Long Way to Happiness (Lord of the Far Island) (1975). After the misfortune, the heroine is on a distant island.
• Pride of the Peacock / Peacock Pride / Fatal Opal - The Pride of the Peacock (1976)
• Devil on Horseback / Devil on Horseback - Devil on Horseback (1977)
• The Queen's Rival - My Enemy, the Queen (1978). Love triangle - Queen Elizabeth Tudor, Lady Lettis and handsome Robert .
• Stolen Nights - Spring of the Tiger (1979). An orphaned girl is rapidly getting married, they are hunting for her jewelry.
• Mask of the Enchantress - Mask of the Enchantress (1980)
• Judas Kiss (1981)
• The Seducing Lord - The Demon Lover (1982). A female artist cannot make a career in Victorian England.
• Cordelia - The Time of the Hunter's Moon (1983). On the full moon, the future teacher meets a mysterious stranger.
• Landover Legacy - The Landower Legacy (1984)
• The Road to Paradise Island / The Call of the Heart - The Road to Paradise Island (1985). The heroine finds a grave and a map.
• Secret for a Nightingale - Secret for a Nightingale (1986)
• Silk Vengeance / Silk Vendetta - Silk Vendetta (1987). The girl is taken care of by brothers - a villain and an angel. Soon after the wedding, she becomes a widow.
• Indian Fan - The India Fan (1988). The life of the main character of the novel, Drusilla Delaney, the daughter of a poor pastor, has been connected with the Freming estate from an early age.
• Captive - The Captive (1989).
• Snake Nest - Snare of Serpents (1990)
• Daughter of Deception - Daughter of Deceit (1991). Noel Trimaston, daughter of the famous actress Desiree, grew up in an atmosphere of love and happiness. But the sudden and mysterious death of the mother completely changes the life of the girl.
• The Secret of Flora / Seventh - for a secret - Seven for a Secret (1992). Flora carries a stroller with a doll everywhere, thinking that this is her pupil. And on the estate there is a murder.
• Sign of Fate - The Black Opal (1993)

Collections

• Remember, Remember: The Selected Stories of Winifred Holtby (2000)

Anthologies in collaboration

• Difficult Happiness - “The Bride of Pendorric” in Three Great Romantic Stories (1972) (with Hebe Elsna and Lucy Walker).

Philippe Carr

Daughters of Albion

1. Miracle in the Abbey - Miracle At St. Bruno’s (1972)
2. The Lion Triumphant - The Lion Triumphant (1973)
3. Witch from the Sea - Witch from the Sea (1975)
4. Rival Sisters - Saraband for Two Sisters (1976)
5. Tears of Sorrow - Lament for a Lost Lover (1977). The death of Oliver Cromwell and the restoration of royal power, on the throne of Charles II. The main character returns from the French exile and tries to return her inheritance.
6. Child of Love - The Love Child (1950) (first published under the name Eleanor Burford). The husband is executed, and the pregnant heroine escapes to Venice.
7. Song of the Siren - The Song of the Siren (1980). Queen Anna is on the throne, the main characters are in a stream of intrigue.
8. The fatal step is The Drop of the Dice (1981). King James II in exile, the heroine is kidnapped.
9. The Traitor - The Adulteress (1982)
10. Jack of Hearts - Zipporah's Daughter (1983)
11. The Ghost's Voice - Voices in A Haunted Room (1984)
12. Random Encounter - The Return of the Gypsy (1985)
13. At the height of summer - Midsummer's Eve (1986)
14. Mysterious Pond - The Pool of Saint Branok (1987). In Victoria's time, a person kills and hides a body in a pond.
15. Replaced - The Changeling (1989)
16. Black Swan - The Black Swan (1990)
17. Vow of silence - A Time for Silence (1991)
18. The Web of Love - The Gossamer Cord (1992).
19. We'll Meet Again (1993)

Separate novels

1. Daughters of England (1995)

Eleanor burford

Separate novels

• Daughter of Anna , (1941)
• Passionate Witness , (1941)
• The Married Lover , (1942)
• When the Entire World Is Young , (1943)
• So the Dreams Depart , (1944)
• Not in Our Stars , (1945)
• Dear Chance , (1947)
• Alexa , (1948)
• The House at Cupid's Cross , (1949)
• Believe the Heart , (1950)
• Saint or Sinner , (1951)
• Bright Tomorrow , (1952)
• Dear Delusion , (1952)
• Leave Me My Love , (1953)
• When We Are Married , (1953)
• Castles in Spain , (1954)
• Heart's Afire , (1954)
• Two Loves in Her Life , (1955)
• When Other Hearts , (1955)
• Begin to Live , (1956)
• Married in Haste , (1956)
• To Meet a Stranger , (1957)
• Blaze of Noon , (1958)
• Pride in the Morning , (1958)
• Red Sky at Night , (1959)
• The Dawn Chorus , (1959)
• Night of Stars , (1960)
• Now That April's Gone , (1961)
• Who's Calling? , (1962)

Daughters of Albion

6. Child of Love - The Love Child , (1950) (later reprinted under the name Philippa Carr)

The Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots Series

• Royal Road to Fotheringhay , (1955) (later reprinted under the name Jane Playdy)

Elbur Ford

• Poison in Pimlico 1950
• The Flesh and the Devil , 1950
• Bed Disturbed , 1952
• Evil in the House *, 1953

Kathleen Callow

Some novels are reprinted under the name Gene Playdy.

• Danse Macabre , 1952
• Rooms at Mrs. Oliver’s , 1953
• Passionate Lilith - Lilith , 1954
• Melisande - It Began in Vauxhall Gardens , 1955
• Call of the Blood , 1956
• Rochester, the Mad Earl , 1957
• Milady Charlotte , 1959
• The World's a Stage , 1960

Ellalice tate

All later reprinted under the name "Gene Playdy."

• Defenders of the Faith , 1956
• Scarlet Robe - The Scarlet Cloak , 1957
• The Queen of Diamonds , 1958
• Madame du Barry , 1959
• This Was a Man , 1961 (re-published as The King's Adventurer by Jean Plaidy)

Anna Percival

• Brides of Lanlory , 1960/01