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Elbur Ford
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Eleanor Alice Burford was born on 1 September 1906 in Kensington, London, England. She married ta leather merchant, George Percival Hibber, who shared her love of books and reading. Eleanor Burford was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She used eight pennames during her career and many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she created her first and most prolific pseudonym: Jean Plaidy. In the 1950's she used the pseudonyms: Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. In 1960, she created the pseudonyms: Anna Percival and the popular Victoria Holt. In 1972, she created her last pseudonym Philippa Carr. (Some of her novels were reedited as different pseudonyms). She died on January 18, 1993 at sea, somewhere between Greece and Port Said, Egypt. By the time of her death, she sold 56 millon copies as Victoria Holt, 14 as Jean Plaidy and, 3 as Phillipa Carr.
Book List in Order: 5 titles
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The Bed Disturbed
- 1952
- / Romance
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An eerie tale about Euphrasie Mercier who is the housemaid-companion of Elodie Menetret. When Euphrasie decides to let her two deranged half sisters stay for a visit, they get on Elodie's nerves and are asked to leave. Euphrasie knows that if her sis...
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Evil in the House
- 1953
- / Gothic
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A hundred years ago there was a girl like Constance Kent. Her hideous crime shocked the countryside and brought ruin to those who loved her long before the truth was known. From records of that old case, but with the unique advantage of the novelist,...
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Flesh and the Devil
- 1954
- / General Fiction
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Dr. Edward Pritchard was hanged in Glasgow in 1865 for poisoning his wife and mother-in-law with antimony, and was Scotland's last public execution....
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Poison in Pimlico
- 1954
- / General Fiction
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Adelaide Bartlett's husband Edwin was one who succumbed to poison. In his case, chloroform. Adelaide's trial has gone down in history as one of the most baffling. Although poor Edwin's post-mortem revealed a large amount of liquid chlorof...
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Such Bitter Business
- 1954
- / Gothic
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A hundred years ago there was a girl like Constance Kent. Her hideous crimeshocked the countryside and brought ruin to those who loved her long beforethe truth was known. From records of that old case, but with the uniqueadvantage of the novelist, El...