Valerie Anand (born 1937) is a British author of historical fiction.

Fiction

Under the pen name Fiona Buckley she writes the series of historical mysteries, set in the reign of

Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

, 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. She also holds the copyrights to ''The Fallen Pinnacle'', a 1997 novel about

Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...

written under the pseudonym Valerie M. Irwin.

Ursula Blanchard mysteries

# ''To Shield the Queen'' (1998) # ''The Doublet Affair'' (1998) # ''Queen's Ransom'' (2000) # ''To Ruin a Queen'' (2000) # ''Queen of Ambition'' (2002) # ''A Pawn for a Queen'' (2002) # ''Fugitive Queen'' (2004) # ''The Siren Queen'' (2004) # ''Queen Without a Crown'' (2011) # ''Queen's Bounty'' (2012) # ''A Rescue for a Queen'' (2013) # ''A Traitor's Tears'' (2014) # ''A Perilous Alliance'' (2015) # ''The Heretic's Creed'' (2017) # ''A Deadly Betrothal'' (2017) # ''A Web of Silk'' (2019)

''Bridges Over Time'' series

* ''The Proud Villeins'' (1992) * ''The Ruthless Yeomen'' (1991) * ''The Women of Ashdon'' (1993) * ''The Faithful Lovers'' (1993) * ''The Cherished Wives'' (1996) * ''The Dowerless Sisters'' (1995)

''Norman'' series

* ''Gildenford'' (1977) * ''The Norman Pretender'' (1982) * ''The Disputed Crown'' (1982)

Other historical novels

* ''King of the Wood'' (1984) (2016) ** based on King William Rufus * ''Crown of Roses'' (1989) ** based on the end of the Wars of the Roses * ''The House of Lanyon - The Exmoor Saga'' (2007) ** Story of Richard Lanyon, his descendants, and his landlords the Sweetwaters * ''The House Of Allerbrook - The Exmoor Saga'' (2008) ** Story of Jane Sweetwater (Allerbrook)

Other novels

* ''To a Native Shore: A Novel of India'' (1984)

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 The Princes in the Tower refers to the apparent murder in England in the 1480s of the deposed King Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. These two brothers were the only sons of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville sur ...

, 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.Anand, Valerie (1989) Crown of Roses, p. 404

References

External links

Interview with Valerie AnandKing Of The Wood by Valerie Anand
1937 births British historical novelists English women novelists Living people Women mystery writers 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women writers 20th-century English women writers Women historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period {{UK-novelist-stub