Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there

Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.

Miss Plaidy has skillfully entwined their [Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard] two stories.

Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama

Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting

This spirited novel is in the best tradition of historical fiction.Action is swift, conversation natural, background authentic...Plaidy paints the truth as she sees it.It is difficult to present the case of his wives and still be fair to Henry; that this is accomplished makes the book a conspicuous success.

This is at once an exciting and an intelligent novel

An enthralling story of a grim period of history, told with rare skill

'A grand recounting of the second Punic War...Durham's epic is truly a big, magnificent, sprawling story complete with a sizable cast of compelling characters, intricately drawn battle scenes and fluid, graceful prose'