Jane Lane (author)
Jane Lane was the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, an English novelist and biographer. Her best-known books are historical novels set in the 17th and 18th century.
Biography
Jane Lane was born on 27 May 1905 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. She was descended from Jane Lane, Lady Fisher. She is best known for her books about the Stuart period in English history and 18th-century Scotland, written from a Catholic and Royalist perspective.Her novel, A State of Mind, is set in a dystopian future. The Tablet has described Lane as "one of the few contemporary writers who excel both as novelists and historians". Jane Lane died on 6 January 1978.
Selected works
Novels- Sir Devil-May-Care
- He Stooped to Conquer
- Gin and Bitters
- His Fight is Ours
- London Goes To Heaven
- Parcel of Rogues: The Plot Against Mary of Scotland
- Fortress in the Forth
- Dark Conspiracy
- The Sealed Knot
- Lady of the House a.k.a. The Countess at War
- The Phoenix and the Laurel
- Thunder on St. Paul's Day
- Conies in the Hay a.k.a. Rabbits in the Hay a.k.a. The Cross and the Tower
- Sow the Tempest
- Farewell to the White Cockade
- The Crown for a Lie
- A State of Mind
- A Wind through the Heather
- From the Snare of the Hunters
- The Young and Lonely King
- The Questing Beast
- Ember in the Ashes
- The Severed Crown
- Bridge of Sighs
- Heirs of Squire Harry
- A Summer Storm
- A Secret Chronicle
- The Escape of the King
- The Escape of the Queen
- The Escape of the Prince
- The Escape of the Duke
- The Escape of the Princess
- King James the Last
- Titus Oates
- ''Puritan, Rake and Squire''