Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke (née Honeyman, 30 July 1926 – 28 February 2022), better known by the pen-name of Kate Sedley, was an English
historical novelist.[2]
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.[citation needed] Sedley died on 28 February 2022, at the age of 95.[3][4]
Roger the Chapman series
Set in 15th-century Great Britain:
Death and the Chapman (1991)
The Plymouth Cloak (1992)
The Hanged Man aka The Weaver's Tale (1993)
The Holy Innocents (1994)
The Eve of Saint Hyacinth (1995)
The Wicked Winter (1995)
The Brothers of Glastonbury (1997)
The Weaver's Inheritance (1998)
The Saint John's Fern (1999)
The Goldsmith's Daughter (2001)
The Lammas Feast (2002)
Nine Men Dancing (2003)
The Midsummer Rose (2004)
The Burgundian's Tale (2005)
Prodigal Son (2006)
The Three Kings of Cologne (2007)
The Green Man (2008)
The Dance of Death (2009)
The Wheel of Fate (2010)
The Midsummer Crown (2011)
The Tintern Treasure (2012)
The Christmas Wassail (2013)
As Brenda Honeyman
The Kingmaker (1969)
Richmond and Elizabeth (1970)
Harry the King (1971) aka The Warrior King as Brenda Clarke
Brother Bedford (1972)
Good Duke Humphrey (1973)
The King's Minions (1974)
The Queen and Mortimer (1974)
Edward the Warrior (1975)
All the King's Sons (1976)
The Golden Griffin (1976)
At the King's Court (1977)
The King's Tale (1977)
Macbeth, King of Scots (1977)
Emma, the Queen (1978)
Harold of the English (1979)
As Brenda Clarke
Glass Island (1978)
The Lofty Banners (1979)
Far Morning (1982)
All Through the Day (1983)
A Rose in May (1984)
Three Women (1985)
Winter Landscape (1986)
Under Heaven (1988)
Equal Chance (1989)
Sisters and Lovers (1990)
Beyond the World (1991)
Riches of the Heart (1991)
A Durable Fire (1993)
Sweet Auburn (1995)
Richard Plantagenet (1997)
Last of the Barons (1998)
The Warrior King (1998) aka Harry the King as Brenda Honeyman