Kate Sedley


Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke, better known by the pen-name of Kate Sedley, was an English historical novelist.
She was born in Bristol in 1926 and educated at The Red Maids' School, Westbury-on-Trym. She was married and had a son and a daughter, and three grandchildren. Her medieval historical whodunnits feature Roger the Chapman, who has given up a monk's cell for the freedom of peddling his wares on the road. She died on 28 February 2022, at the age of 95.

Roger the Chapman series

Set in 15th-century Great Britain:
  1. Death and the Chapman
  2. The Plymouth Cloak
  3. The Hanged Man aka The Weaver's Tale
  4. The Holy Innocents
  5. The Eve of Saint Hyacinth
  6. The Wicked Winter
  7. The Brothers of Glastonbury
  8. The Weaver's Inheritance
  9. The Saint John's Fern
  10. The Goldsmith's Daughter
  11. The Lammas Feast
  12. Nine Men Dancing
  13. The Midsummer Rose
  14. The Burgundian's Tale
  15. Prodigal Son
  16. The Three Kings of Cologne
  17. The Green Man
  18. The Dance of Death
  19. The Wheel of Fate
  20. The Midsummer Crown
  21. The Tintern Treasure
  22. ''The Christmas Wassail''

As Brenda Honeyman

The Kingmaker Richmond and Elizabeth Harry the King aka The Warrior King as Brenda ClarkeBrother Bedford Good Duke Humphrey The King's Minions The Queen and Mortimer Edward the Warrior All the King's Sons The Golden Griffin At the King's Court The King's Tale Macbeth, King of Scots Emma, the Queen
  • ''Harold of the English''

As Brenda Clarke

Glass Island The Lofty Banners aka For King and CountryFar Morning All Through the Day A Rose in May Three Women Winter Landscape Under Heaven Equal Chance Sisters and Lovers Beyond the World Riches of the Heart A Durable Fire Sweet Auburn Richard Plantagenet Last of the Barons The Warrior King aka Harry the King as Brenda Honeyman
  • ''A Royal Alliance''