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  The Novels of Jean Plaidy    
Classification Quiz
 12 Qns
Eleanor Hibbert, neé Buford, was a prolific author who used many pen names when writing her novels. This quiz is about some she wrote using Jean Plaidy. Can you put each novel in the correct series?
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  In the Shadow of the Crown    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Since I couldn't find any other quizzes about the novels by Jean Plaidy I decided to make one myself. This is about her novel on "Bloody Mary". It may contain spoilers! Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, YDdraigCoch, Dec 04 12
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  So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Jean Plaidy was the pseudonym of a prolific author of over 150 gothic and historical novels.
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  Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I am a big fan of Jean Plaidy's historical fiction books. Her real name is Eleanor Hibbert, but this quiz will focus on the books she wrote under the Jean Plaidy name. The books referenced in the quiz are more recent re-releases from Three Rivers Press
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Jean Plaidy Trivia Questions
1. Which Jean Plaidy novel tells the story of the life of Elizabeth I?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: Queen of This Realm

I really enjoyed this book. It showed that Elizabeth did have many character flaws, but knew what had to be done in order to be an effective ruler.

2. Where was Mary born?

From Quiz In the Shadow of the Crown

Answer: Greenwich Palace

Greenwich Palace was one of King Henry's favourite places. Hampton Court wasn't used as a palace until much later.

3. What was Jean Plaidy's (which was a pseudonym in itself) most well-known pseudonym, under which she wrote gothic novels set in Victorian England?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: Victoria Holt

She also wrote under the names Eleanor Hibbert, Ellalice Tate, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Anna Percival, and Kathleen Kellow.

4. How many Jean Plaidy novels does Katherine Howard (Henry VIII's fifth wife) appear in?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: 2

"Murder Most Royal" and "Rose without a Thorn".

5. How many volumes are there in the Plantagenet saga?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: 14

In order: 'The Plantagenet Prelude', 'The Revolt of Eaglets', 'The Heart of the Lion', 'The Prince of Darkness', 'The Battle of the Queens', 'The Queen from Provence', 'Hammer of the Scots' (Edward Longshanks), 'The Follies of the King', 'The Vow on the Heron', 'Passage to Pontefract', 'The Star of Lancaster', 'Epitaph for Three Women', 'Red Rose of Anjou', and 'The Sun in Splendor'.

6. Which Jean Plaidy novel does Katherine of Aragon NOT appear in?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: The Queen's Secret

Katherine of Aragon makes appearances in quite a few Jean Plaidy Tudor novels, not always as the main character though.

7. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury was beheaded for what reason?

From Quiz In the Shadow of the Crown

Answer: She stood too close to the throne.

Margaret Pole was a Plantagenet and quite a few people thought that the Plantagenets had a better claim to the throne than Henry VIII.

8. Which wife of Henry VIII was the subject of the book, "The Sixth Wife"?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: Katherine Parr

Besides Anne of Cleves, Katherine Parr was the only wife of Henry VIII to escape with her life - and that's only because he died!

9. How many novels are in Jean Plaidy's 'Lucrezia Borgia' series?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: 2

"Madonna of the Seven Hills" and "Light on Lucrezia" were re-released by Three Rivers Press in March 2011. I accidentally read them out of order!

10. With which queen did Mary *not* have a good relationship?

From Quiz In the Shadow of the Crown

Answer: Katherine Howard

According to the novel Mary thought Katherine Howard a silly and frivolous girl. Nevertheless she pitied her when she was arrested and later beheaded.

11. What were the titles of the two children's books she wrote?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: "The Young Elizabeth" and "The Young Mary, Queen of Scots"

These two rival monarchs were actually first cousins.

12. Who is the main female character in "Murder in the Tower"?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: Frances, Countess of Essex

This book tells the story of a Countess in an unhappy marriage who goes to extremes in order to marry her lover during the reign of James I.

13. "Louis the Well-Beloved", "The Road to Compiegne", and "Flaunting, Extravagant Queen" are the titles in which series?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: The French Revolution Series

There is also a fourth, very hard-to-find book in the series called "The Queen of Diamonds".

14. Who advised Mary to have Jane Grey beheaded?

From Quiz In the Shadow of the Crown

Answer: Simon Renard

When Mary entered London as the new queen she at first refused to behead the girl, who was apparently "so young and so learned". It wasn't until there were too many rebels flocking together in her name that she reluctantly had Jane and Jane's husband Guildford Dudley beheaded.

15. What was Jean Plaidy's real name?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: Eleanor Alice Burford

When she married she became Mrs. George Percival Hibbert.

16. Why was Mary called "Bloody Mary"?

From Quiz In the Shadow of the Crown

Answer: because of the persecutions

In the five years of Mary's reign over 300 people burnt to death at the stake for heresy. Mary was apparently against these persecutions and pleaded with her husband and her council for persuasion. The Catholics on the council were against her.

17. In what city was Jean Plaidy born?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: London

She spent her childhood there and began writing to occupy her time when an illness forced her to quit school.

18. Who is the "Lady in the Tower"?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: Anne Boleyn

Another novel detailing Anne Boleyn's rise and fall. It actually portrays her in a more sympathetic light.

19. What was her first published book as Jean Plaidy?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: Together They Ride

"Together They Ride" was published in 1945 and her last book as Plaidy, "The Rose Without A Thorn" was published in 1993, the year of her death.

20. Lehzen is a governess to a future queen in which novel?

From Quiz Jean Plaidy Historical Fiction Bonanza!

Answer: Victoria Victorious

A very thorough portrait of one of England's longest reigning queens.

21. What is Mary's motto?

From Quiz In the Shadow of the Crown

Answer: Time Unveils Truth

She states in the very first sentence of the book "I have taken for my motto "Time Unveils Truth" and I believe that is often the case."

22. She wrote a nonfiction trilogy widely regarded as one of the best on what topic?

From Quiz So You Think You Know Jean Plaidy?

Answer: The Spanish Inquisition

The 'Spanish Inquisition' trilogy was written in tandem with the fictional 'Ferdinand and Isabella' series which was about the Spanish King and Queen who started it.

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