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:- Death and the Chapman
- The Plymouth Cloak
- The Hanged Man aka The Weaver's Tale
- The Holy Innocents
- The Eve of Saint Hyacinth
- The Wicked Winter
- The Brothers of Glastonbury
- The Weaver's Inheritance
- The Saint John's Fern
- The Goldsmith's Daughter
- The Lammas Feast
- Nine Men Dancing
- The Midsummer Rose
- The Burgundian's Tale
- Prodigal Son
- The Three Kings of Cologne
- The Green Man
- The Dance of Death
- The Wheel of Fate
- The Midsummer Crown
- The Tintern Treasure
- ''The Christmas Wassail''
As Brenda Honeyman
- The Kingmaker
- Richmond and Elizabeth
- Harry the King aka The Warrior King as Brenda Clarke
- Brother 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 Country
- Far 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''