English Historical Fiction Authors

by Paula Lofting The king with his witan Hexateuch It was March 1055, and as every year, all the nobles in the land that could,...

by Lana Williams As with many tales of old, whether the protagonist is an outlaw or hero depends on the view of the one telling the st...

by Lauren Gilbert One’s first visit to a new place is always special. On my first visit to England, we were taken to a teashop in Shere....

by Kelly Evans In 2005, Eadric Streona (Streona is not his real last name, rather a nickname assigned to him meaning ‘grasper’ or ‘acquis...

by E.M. Powell In around 530 A.D, the Roman Christian, Benedict of Nursia, sickened by the sinfulness of Rome, decided to live apart from ...

by Helen Hollick This is part of an essay I wrote in 1997 for a history degree course at Birkbeck College, University of London. Unfo...

by Octavia Randolph The first of a two part article.  This month we look at the “real” Lady Godiva. NO other early Englishwoman has ...