Valerie Anand

Valerie Anand (born 1937) is a British author of historical fiction.^[1]

Fiction

Under the pen name Fiona Buckley^[2][3] she writes the series of historical mysteries, set in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, featuring "Ursula Blanchard" (whose full name is Ursula Faldene Blanchard de la Roche Stannard). Under her own name, she writes historical fiction based on the royalty of England and the Bridges over Time series which follows a family from the eleventh century through the twentieth century. She has also written To a Native Shore, a contemporary novel that explores British prejudice toward Indian Sikhs.

Anand also holds the copyrights to The Fallen Pinnacle, a 1997 novel about Atlantis written under the pseudonym Valerie M. Irwin.

Ursula Blanchard mysteries

1. To Shield the Queen (1998) ISBN 0-671-01531-1
2. The Doublet Affair (1998) ISBN 0-671-01532-X
3. Queen's Ransom (2000) ISBN 0-671-03293-3
4. To Ruin a Queen (2000) ISBN 0-671-03294-1
5. Queen of Ambition (2002) ISBN 0-7434-1030-0
6. A Pawn for a Queen (2002) ISBN 0-7432-0265-1
7. Fugitive Queen (2004) ISBN 0-7434-5748-X
8. The Siren Queen (2004) ISBN 0-7432-3752-8
9. Queen Without a Crown (2011) ISBN 9781780295145
10. Queen's Bounty (2012) ISBN 9781780295275
11. A Rescue for a Queen (2013)ISBN 9781780295374
12. A Traitor's Tears (2014) ISBN 9781780295435
13. A Perilous Alliance (2015) ISBN 9781780295855
14. The Heretic's Creed (2017) ISBN 9781780295749
15. A Deadly Betrothal (2017) ISBN 9781780295800
16. A Web of Silk (2019) ISBN 9781780295930

Bridges Over Time series

• The Proud Villeins (1992) ISBN 0-312-08282-7
• The Ruthless Yeomen (1991) ISBN 0-312-08884-1
• The Women of Ashdon (1993) ISBN 0-312-09417-5
• The Faithful Lovers (1993) ISBN 0-312-10979-2
• The Cherished Wives (1996) ISBN 0-312-13943-8
• The Dowerless Sisters (1995) ISBN 0-7472-1267-8

Norman series

• Gildenford (1977) ISBN 0-684-14896-X
• The Norman Pretender (1982) ISBN 0-684-16099-4
• The Disputed Crown (1982) ISBN 0-684-17629-7

Other historical novels

• King of the Wood (1984) ISBN 0-312-02939-X (2016) ISBN 978-1861514578
  • based on King William Rufus
• Crown of Roses (1989) ISBN 0-312-03315-X
  • based on the end of the Wars of the Roses
• The House of Lanyon - The Exmoor Saga (2007) ISBN 978-0-7783-2502-4
  • Story of Richard Lanyon, his descendants, and his landlords the Sweetwaters
• The House Of Allerbrook - The Exmoor Saga (2008) ISBN 978-1-74116-676-7
  • Story of Jane Sweetwater (Allerbrook)

Other novels

• To a Native Shore: A Novel of India (1984) ISBN 0-684-18007-3

Innocence of King Richard III

Valerie Anand is a believer in the innocence of King Richard III in the matter of the Princes in the Tower, i.e. a Ricardian. She presents this view in Crown of Roses, making the point that the former tutor of Edward V, John Alcock, remained on good terms with the king, which he presumably would not have done had he suspected him of being responsible for the death of his former student.^[4]

References

1. Shippey, T. A.; Arnold, Martin (1 February 2003). Film and Fiction: Reviewing the Middle Ages. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-85991-772-8. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
2. Charles, John; Clark, Candace; Hamilton-Selway, Joanne; Joanna Morrison (30 November 2011). The Readers' Advisory Guide to Mystery. ALA Editions. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-8389-1113-6. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
3. Brunsdale, Mitzi (2006). Gumshoes: A Dictionary of Fictional Detectives. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 418–. ISBN 978-0-313-33331-6. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
4. Anand, Valerie (1989) Crown of Roses, p. 404

External links

• Interview with Valerie Anand
• King Of The Wood by Valerie Anand