Milady Charlotte

by Jean Plaidy, Kathleen Kellow

The true story of Charlotte Walpole, an English lady, who, amongst other things, got caught up with Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution of 1789.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, 18th Century

368 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1959

About the author

Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between her books; the best-known, apart from Plaidy, are Victoria Holt (56 million) and Philippa Carr (3 million). Lesser known were the novels Hibbert published under her maiden name Eleanor Burford, or the pseudonyms of Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. Many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities.
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Reviews

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing Plaidy!

[Joy Norman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story partly because the women in it have incredible courage and were likeable characters . These two women stood out in a society where women were meant to be be quite, ignorant to a degree and their role was to hav children and look after husband no matter what. Good story line and in a society which was always about being proper !!

[Phil Syphe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read numerous books by Jean Plaidy, I’ve concluded that her earlier books are better than the later ones. Furthermore, I usually favour stories featuring her own fictitious characters, as opposed to her sagas, in which she crams a high quantity of “real” characters, and produces a low-quality novel.

“Milady Charlotte” is a 1959 publication, which features fictitious lead characters, who are involved with “real” events.

I liked the story and the characters, especially the oddly-named Homer, the heroine of the piece.

[Tanzanite · Rating 2 out of 5]

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