A former journalist who worked for all the national newspapers, Nancy Revell also wrote inspirational true-life stories for woman’s magazines. Now she’s still writing about women, but ones that are from the past. The Shipyard Girls series is set in the North-East of England during World War II and follows the women who go to…
Robert Harris is a former journalist and, of course, an English novelist. He studied English literature at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and went on to become a journalist, working for the BBC and various newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph. and The Sunday Times. In 1982, He began working in the non-fiction genre before becoming known for…
Previously known as ‘The Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories’, The Last Kingdom Series is the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants through the eyes of Uhtred Ragnarson. More precisely, written by Bernard Cornwell, this series chronicles the emergence of England as a nation on the island of Britain from the actions of King Alfred of…
Written by Zambian-born author Wilbur Smith, mostly known for The Courtney Series, The Ancient Egypt series is a historical fiction series based in large part on Pharaoh Memnon’s time. This Egyptian series takes us to an ancient kingdom to discover the incredible destiny of Taita, a humble slave and an expert in multiple disciplines who…
Historical mystery novels written by American author and Egyptologist Barbara Mertz under the pen name Elizabeth Peters (the author of the Vicky Bliss series who is also known as Barbara Michaels when she wrote Gothic novels), this series tells the adventures of Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson. At the beginning at least, because Amelia quickly gets…
Adapted into movies and TV shows, Philippa Gregory‘s historical novels about all of the Plantagenet. Previously separated as the Tudor Court and Cousins’ War series, as of August 2016 Philippa Gregory lists these novels as one series, The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels. Like the name tells it, it is a series about the two British…
Shona G. MacLean, a Scottish author and a graduate of the University of Aberdeen with a degree in History, has made a name for herself in the realm of historical mysteries. Her literary journey began in 2008 with the publication of her debut novel, “The Redemption of Alexander Seaton.” This book marked the inception of…
As you may know, if you are a mystery buff, Josephine Tey was a real Scottish author who wrote mystery novels. But the Josephine Tey Mysteries is what happens when a writer writes the fictional adventures of a legendary writer. So, a fictional version of Tey is here the main character in this series of…
The Jane Austen Mysteries are a series of historical mystery books featuring none other than the famous Jane Austen, written by Francine Matthews under the pen name Stephanie Barron. This gripping series, which is set during the Regency era, turns the well-known author of “Pride and Prejudice” into a brilliant investigator who, eerily frequently, finds…
Created by the Scottish-born writer C. J. Sansom, Matthew Shardlake is a hunchbacked lawyer-detective in the Tudor Court-during the reign of Henry VIII in the 16th century. In his adventures, he is assisted by Mark Poer and then Jack Barak. Shardlake works on commission initially from Thomas Cromwell, then from Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and Queen…
A Series of historical noir detective thrillers written by Scottish author Philip Kerr (RIP), the Bernie Gunther series takes place before, during, and after World War II. Bernhard “Bernie” Günther is an ex-Berlin cop turned private investigator, a kind of Philip Marlowe in Nazi Germany. He is an honest cop trying to do his work…
Written by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Morland Dynasty is a series of historical novels about the Morland family of York, England, but also about their national and international relatives and associates. From the Wars of the Roses in 1434 to the Wall Street Crash and more during the 1920s and 1930s, the series explores the lives…
