![]() Noticeably missing, if the reader is familiar with Plaidy novels, are the abundant archaic and uncommon words, historically accurate timelines and the politically infused drama centered on royalty. Mistress of Mellyn is different from Plaidy, Kellow and Tate novels in that it is undeniably of the mystery and suspense genre, and though may be labeled “Gothic Romance”-with tacky vintage covers to accompany the brand-they are no more romantic than her other works, or at least not in the sense of today’s romance novels. ![]() ![]() In fact, I am unsure why they were even published under Holt, unless it was to keep with the pace of publishing one Holt novel each year (as two other “Jean Plaidy” novels were published during those same years). While I have previously read The Queen’s Confession and My Enemy, the Queen, both biographical historical novels have the exact same quality and style of her Jean Plaidy novels. Today is the 20th anniversary of Eleanor Hibbert’s passing on Januand in honor of her memory I have taken on her first suspense novel, published in 1960 under the pseudonym Victoria Holt-Mistress of Mellyn. ![]()
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