Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Gothic Treasure Trove |
1987 |
Buy |
Catherine De Medici Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Madame Serpent |
1952 |
Buy |
| The Italian Woman / The Unholy Woman |
1952 |
Buy |
| Queen Jezebel |
1958 |
Buy |
Daughters Of England Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Miracle at St. Bruno’s |
1972 |
Buy |
| El milagro de San Bruno |
1974 |
N/A |
| The Lion Triumphant |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Witch from the Sea |
1975 |
Buy |
| Saraband for Two Sisters |
1976 |
Buy |
| Lament for a Lost Lover |
1977 |
Buy |
| The Love Child |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Song of the Siren |
1980 |
Buy |
| Will You Love Me in September |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Adulteress |
1982 |
Buy |
| Knave of Hearts |
1983 |
N/A |
| Knave of Hearts / Zipporah’s Daughter |
1983 |
Buy |
| Voices in a Haunted Room |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Return of the Gypsy |
1985 |
Buy |
| Midsummer’s Eve |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Pool of St. Branok |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Changeling |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Black Swan |
1990 |
Buy |
| A Time for Silence |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Gossamer Cord |
1992 |
Buy |
| We’ll Meet Again |
1993 |
Buy |
| Daughters of England |
1995 |
Buy |
Famous Childhoods Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Young Elizabeth |
1961 |
Buy |
| The Young Mary Queen of Scots |
1962 |
Buy |
French Revolution Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Flaunting, Extravagant Queen |
1957 |
Buy |
| Louis the Well Beloved |
1959 |
Buy |
| The Road to Compiegne |
1959 |
Buy |
Georgian Saga Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Princess of Celle |
1967 |
Buy |
| To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York |
1982 |
N/A |
| Katharine of Aragon |
1962 |
N/A |
| Queen in Waiting |
1967 |
Buy |
| Caroline, the Queen |
1968 |
Buy |
| The Prince and the Quakeress |
1968 |
Buy |
| Murder most royal. |
1949 |
N/A |
| The Third George |
1969 |
Buy |
| Perdita’s Prince |
1969 |
Buy |
| Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill |
1970 |
Buy |
| The Thistle and the Rose |
1963 |
N/A |
| Indiscretions of the Queen |
1970 |
Buy |
| The Regent’s Daughter |
1971 |
Buy |
| For a Queen’s Love: The Stories of the Royal Wives of Philip II |
1954 |
N/A |
| Goddess of the Green Room |
1971 |
Buy |
| Lord Robert |
1955 |
N/A |
| Victoria in the Wings |
1972 |
Buy |
Isabella & Ferdinand Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Castile for Isabella |
1960 |
Buy |
| Spain for the Sovereigns |
1960 |
Buy |
| Daughters of Spain |
1961 |
Buy |
Lucrezia Borgia Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Madonna of the Seven Hills |
1958 |
Buy |
| Light on Lucrezia |
1958 |
Buy |
Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year |
1955 |
Buy |
| The Captive Queen of Scots |
1963 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Triptych of Poisoners |
1958 |
Buy |
| The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition |
1959 |
Buy |
| The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition |
1960 |
Buy |
| The End of the Spanish Inquisition |
1961 |
Buy |
| The Spanish Inquisition |
1961 |
Buy |
| Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland |
1975 |
Buy |
Norman Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Bastard King |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Lion of Justice |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Passionate Enemies |
1976 |
Buy |
Plantagenet Saga Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Plantagenet Prelude |
1976 |
Buy |
| The Revolt of the Eaglets |
1977 |
Buy |
| The Heart of the Lion |
1977 |
Buy |
| Hammer of the Scots |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Prince of Darkness |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Battle of the Queens |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Queen from Provence |
1979 |
Buy |
| Hammer of the Scots / Edward Longshanks |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Follies of the King |
1980 |
Buy |
| The Vow on the Heron |
1980 |
Buy |
| Passage to Pontefract |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Star of Lancaster |
1981 |
Buy |
| Epitaph for Three Women |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Red Rose of Anjou |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Sun in Splendour |
1982 |
Buy |
Queen Victoria Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Captive of Kensington Palace |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Queen and Lord M |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Queen’s Husband |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Widow of Windsor |
1974 |
Buy |
Queens Of England Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| El milagro de San Bruno |
1974 |
N/A |
| Myself My Enemy / Loyal in Love |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Lion Triumphant |
1973 |
N/A |
| Queen of This Realm |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Witch from the Sea |
1975 |
N/A |
| Victoria Victorious |
1985 |
Buy |
| Saraband for Two Sisters |
1976 |
N/A |
| The Lady in the Tower |
1986 |
Buy |
| Lament for a Lost Lover |
1977 |
N/A |
| The Courts of Love |
1987 |
Buy |
| The love-child |
1978 |
N/A |
| In the Shadow of the Crown |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Song of the Siren |
1980 |
N/A |
| The Queen’s Secret |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Reluctant Queen |
1990 |
Buy |
| William’s Wife / The Queen’s Devotion |
1990 |
Buy |
| Knave of Hearts |
1983 |
N/A |
| The Pleasures of Love / The Merry Monarch’s Wife |
1991 |
Buy |
| Voices in a Haunted Room |
1984 |
N/A |
| The Rose Without a Thorn |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Return of the Gypsy |
1985 |
N/A |
| Midsummer’s Eve |
1986 |
N/A |
| The Pool of St. Branok |
1987 |
N/A |
| The Black Swan |
1990 |
N/A |
| A Time for Silence |
1991 |
N/A |
| We’ll Meet Again |
1993 |
N/A |
| Daughters of England |
1995 |
N/A |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Daughter of Anna |
1940 |
N/A |
| Passionate Witness |
1941 |
N/A |
| The Married Lover |
1942 |
N/A |
| When the Entire World is Young |
1943 |
N/A |
| So the Dreams Depart |
1944 |
N/A |
| Together They Ride |
1945 |
Buy |
| Not in Our Stars |
1945 |
N/A |
| Beyond the Blue Mountains |
1947 |
Buy |
| Dear Chance |
1947 |
N/A |
| Alexa |
1948 |
N/A |
| The House at Cupid’s Cross |
1949 |
N/A |
| The Goldsmith’s Wife / The King’s Mistress |
1950 |
Buy |
| Believe the Heart |
1950 |
N/A |
| Poison in Pimlico |
1950 |
Buy |
| The Flesh and the Devil |
1950 |
N/A |
| Saint or Sinner? |
1951 |
N/A |
| Bright Tomorrow |
1952 |
N/A |
| Danse Macabre |
1952 |
N/A |
| Dear Delusion |
1952 |
N/A |
| The Bed Disturbed |
1952 |
Buy |
| Rooms at Mrs. Oliver’s |
1952 |
N/A |
| Daughter of Satan |
1952 |
Buy |
| Leave Me My Love |
1953 |
N/A |
| Evil in the House / Such Bitter Business |
1953 |
Buy |
| When We Are Married |
1953 |
N/A |
| Castles in Spain |
1954 |
N/A |
| Lilith |
1954 |
Buy |
| Two Loves in Her Life |
1955 |
N/A |
| When Other Hearts |
1955 |
N/A |
| It Began in Vauxhall Gardens / Melisande |
1955 |
N/A |
| It Began in Vauxhall Gardens |
1955 |
Buy |
| Begin to Live |
1956 |
N/A |
| Defenders of the Faith |
1956 |
Buy |
| Call of the Blood |
1956 |
N/A |
| Married in Haste |
1956 |
N/A |
| To Meet a Stranger |
1957 |
N/A |
| Rochester |
1957 |
N/A |
| The Scarlet Cloak |
1957 |
Buy |
| Blaze of Noon |
1958 |
N/A |
| The Queen of Diamonds |
1958 |
Buy |
| The Dawn Chorus |
1959 |
N/A |
| Madame Du Barry |
1959 |
Buy |
| Milady Charlotte |
1959 |
Buy |
| Red Sky at Night |
1959 |
N/A |
| Mistress of Mellyn |
1960 |
Buy |
| Night of Stars |
1960 |
N/A |
| The World’s a Stage |
1960 |
N/A |
| The Brides of Lanlory |
1960 |
N/A |
| This Was a Man / The King’s Adventurer |
1961 |
Buy |
| Now That April’s Gone |
1961 |
N/A |
| Meg Roper |
1961 |
N/A |
| The Spanish Inquisition |
1961 |
Buy |
| Kirkland Revels |
1962 |
Buy |
| Who’s Calling? |
1962 |
N/A |
| Katharine of Aragon |
1962 |
Buy |
| Bride of Pendorric |
1963 |
Buy |
| The Legend of the Seventh Virgin |
1964 |
Buy |
| Evergreen Gallant |
1965 |
Buy |
| Menfreya in the Morning |
1966 |
Buy |
| The King of the Castle |
1967 |
Buy |
| The Queen’s Confession |
1968 |
Buy |
| The Shivering Sands |
1969 |
Buy |
| The Secret Woman |
1970 |
Buy |
| The Shadow of the Lynx |
1971 |
Buy |
| The Curse of the Kings |
1973 |
Buy |
| The House of a Thousand Lanterns |
1974 |
Buy |
| Lord of the Far Island |
1975 |
Buy |
| Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Pride of the Peacock |
1976 |
Buy |
| The Devil on Horseback |
1977 |
Buy |
| My Enemy, the Queen |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Spring of the Tiger |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Mask of the Enchantress |
1980 |
Buy |
| The Judas Kiss |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Demon Lover |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Time of the Hunter’s Moon |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Landower Legacy |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Road to Paradise Island |
1985 |
Buy |
| Story of Elizabeth I |
1985 |
Buy |
| Secret for a Nightingale |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Silk Vendetta |
1987 |
Buy |
| The India Fan |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Captive |
1988 |
Buy |
| Snare of Serpents |
1990 |
Buy |
| Daughter of Deceit |
1991 |
Buy |
| Seven for a Secret |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Black Opal |
1993 |
Buy |
Stuart Saga Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Royal road to Fotheringay |
1955 |
N/A |
| A Health Unto His Majesty |
1956 |
Buy |
| The Captive Queen of Scots |
1963 |
N/A |
| Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord |
1957 |
Buy |
| The Wandering Prince |
1956 |
Buy |
| The Murder in the Tower |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Three Crowns |
1965 |
Buy |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman |
1957 |
N/A |
| The Haunted Sisters / Royal Sisters |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Three Crowns: The Story of William and Mary |
1965 |
N/A |
| The Queen’s Favourites / Courting Her Highness |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Murder in the Toweris set first when reading in chronological order. |
- |
N/A |
| Royal Sisters: The Story of the Daughters of James II |
1966 |
N/A |
Tudor Saga Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder Most Royal / King’s Pleasure |
1949 |
Buy |
| To Hold the Crown: The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York |
1982 |
N/A |
| The Sixth Wife |
1953 |
Buy |
| Katharine of Aragon |
1962 |
N/A |
| The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen’s Love |
1954 |
Buy |
| Saint Thomas’ Eve / The King’s Confidante |
1954 |
Buy |
| Murder most royal. |
1949 |
N/A |
| Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen |
1955 |
Buy |
| Katharine, the Virgin Widow |
1961 |
Buy |
| The Shadow of the Pomegranate |
1962 |
Buy |
| The King’s Secret Matter |
1962 |
Buy |
| The Thistle and the Rose |
1963 |
Buy |
| For a Queen’s Love: The Stories of the Royal Wives of Philip II |
1954 |
N/A |
| Mary, Queen of France |
1964 |
Buy |
| Lord Robert |
1955 |
N/A |
| Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown |
1982 |
Buy |
Victoria Holt is one of several pen names used by Eleanor Hibbert, one of the most prolific novelists of the twentieth century. Under this name, she published gothic romances, historical fiction, and biographical novels about European royalty from the 1940s through the mid-1990s. Her output was staggering, with more than 200 titles spread across standalone novels and multiple series covering English, French, and Spanish history.
Her historical series are organized around dynasties and eras. The Tudor Saga, Plantagenet Saga, Stuart Saga, and Georgian Saga cover centuries of English royal history, while the Queens of England and Daughters of England series take different angles on much of the same period. She also wrote about Continental European figures in her Catherine De Medici, Lucrezia Borgia, and Isabella & Ferdinand series. Her standalone novels, including the well-known Mistress of Mellyn and Bride of Pendorric, helped define the modern gothic romance genre.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Victoria Holt written?
Victoria Holt has written 226 books across seventeen series.
What was Victoria Holt's first book?
Victoria Holt’s first book is Daughter of Anna, published in 1940.
Is Victoria Holt the same person as Jean Plaidy?
Yes. Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, and Philippa Carr are all pen names of Eleanor Hibbert. She used the Victoria Holt name primarily for gothic romance novels, while Jean Plaidy was reserved for historical fiction about real figures, and Philippa Carr for her Daughters of England family saga.