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Brenda Clarke
BornBrenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman
(1926-07-30)30 July 1926[1]
Bristol, England
Died28 February 2022(2022-02-28) (aged 95)
Pen nameKate Sedley
Brenda Honeyman
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Alma materCambridge University[1]
GenreHistorical crime novels
SpouseRonald John Clarke

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:

  1. Death and the Chapman (1991)
  2. The Plymouth Cloak (1992)
  3. The Hanged Man aka The Weaver's Tale (1993)
  4. The Holy Innocents (1994)
  5. The Eve of Saint Hyacinth (1995)
  6. The Wicked Winter (1995)
  7. The Brothers of Glastonbury (1997)
  8. The Weaver's Inheritance (1998)
  9. The Saint John's Fern (1999)
  10. The Goldsmith's Daughter (2001)
  11. The Lammas Feast (2002)
  12. Nine Men Dancing (2003)
  13. The Midsummer Rose (2004)
  14. The Burgundian's Tale (2005)
  15. Prodigal Son (2006)
  16. The Three Kings of Cologne (2007)
  17. The Green Man (2008)
  18. The Dance of Death (2009)
  19. The Wheel of Fate (2010)
  20. The Midsummer Crown (2011)
  21. The Tintern Treasure (2012)
  22. The Christmas Wassail (2013)

As Brenda Honeyman

As Brenda Clarke

Novels

References

  1. ^ a b Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016.
  2. ^ Philips, Helen (17 December 2001). "Impostor or not and tragedy resurrected". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 4B. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke". Probate Search. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Brends Clarke née Honeyman" (PDF). The Red Maids Society. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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