"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" -- Matt Bates WH Smith Travel "Madame Serpent is the best kind of historical novel - one into which we sink with pleasure and a feeling of undeserved education" Spectator "Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama" New York Times "Jean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of charaterization has become one of the country's most widely read novelists" Sunday Times "Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting" Observer
