Historical novels - cannot remember the author

[tiredandgrumpy]

As a teenager, I remember reading loads of historical novels by someone. I think most of them were about the tudors. Don't think they were terribly great quality, but I enjoyed them. Must have been a fairly well known author as I was able to pick them up easily secondhand. Just can't remember her name. Can anyone help? Not Philippa Gregory. I was reading these in the 80s, so unlikely to be anyone still writing today.

Jean Plaidy?

Philippa Gregory
Anya Seaton

Phillipa Gregory comes to mind?

Oh sorry, just saw in your post it isn’t her!

Jean Plaidy! That was it! Thank you.

I'm trying to get my dd reading again.

You're welcome

I did exactly the same a couple of years back; Remembered reading them in the eighties and got some for DD. There are new editions available, having been out of print.

Loved Jean Paid aka Victoria Holt if I recall?

Plaidy flippin autocorrect

Yes, I think the VH ones were bit chaster? Or a bit more serious?

I read loads of these!

She wrote under at least three names. The Jean Plaidys were lightly fictionalised stories of real historical women, mostly queens and princesses - quite well researched iirc. As Victoria Holt she wrote historical romance/Gothic one offs. As Philippa Carr she had a long series based on one family through history from the Tudor period to the 20th century.

Try your DD on Mary Stewart as well. Not historical (then - they'd be period pieces now) but good for a similar age. Romantic but nothing remotely graphic.