Eleanor Alice Hibbert (
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Maiden name
Burford
Also known as
Victoria Holt; Jean Plaidy; Philippa Carr; Elbur Ford; Kathleen Kellow; Ellalice Tate; Anna Percival
Short biography
Hibbert was a prolific author, whose 1960 novel Mistress of Mellyn, written under her pseudonym Victoria Holt, is said to have single-handedly revived the Gothic romance genre.
Full biography
During World War II, the Hibberts lived in a cottage in Looe, Cornwall that looked out over Plaidy beach. Retuning to Looe every summer, Burford seemingly adopted the name of the beach for one of her pseudonyms, Jean Plaidy.
A series of her novels under the pseudonym Philippa Carr were based partly in Cornwall and partly in Australia.
Works in our collections
Author
The Shivering Sands (1969)
Date of birth
01 September 1906
Place of birth
Canning Town, London
Date of death
18 January 1993
Place of death
At sea, between Athens, Greece and Port Said, Egypt
Collection (people)
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