Jane Lane (author)

Jane Lane (1905 – 1978) was the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, a British historical novelist and biographer distantly related to the Jane Lane who aided Charles II after his defeat at Worcester. She is best known for her books about the Stuart period and 18th century Scotland, written from a Catholic and Royalist perspective. "A State of Mind" is unique among her books, being set in a dystopian future.

elected Works

Novels

*"Sir Devil-May-Care" (The English Civil War)
*"Lady of the House" a.k.a. "The Countess at War" (The English Civil War)
*"He Stooped to Conquer" (1944) (The Massacre of Glencoe)
*"Gin and Bitters" (1945) (Early 18th Century London and the South Sea Bubble)
*"His Fight is Ours"(1946) (Background to the 1745 Rising)
*"Fortress in the Forth" (1950) (Jacobite prisoners on Bass Rock 1691-94)
*"Dark Conspiracy" (1951) (The Rye House Plot against Charles II))
*"The Sealed Knot" (1952) (The English Civil War)
*"The Phoenix and the Laurel" (1954) (John Graham of Claverhouse)
*"Thunder on St. Paul's Day" (1956) (Titus Oates and the "Popish Plot")
*"Conies in the Hay" a.k.a. "Rabbits in the Hay" a.k.a. "The Cross and the Tower" (1957) (The Babington Plot 1586)
*"Sow the Tempest" (1960) (Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon)
*"Farewell to the White Cockade" (1961) (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
*"A State of Mind" (1964) (The Post-Atomic Future)
*"A Wind through the Heather" (1965) (The Highland Clearances)
*"From the Snare of the Hunters" (1968) (The Last Days of Jesus of Nazareth)
*"The Questing Beast" (1970) (The English Civil War)
*"Ember in the Ashes" (1970) (Roman Catholics in 18th century England)
*"The Severed Crown" (1972) (Charles I)
*"Bridge of Sighs" (1973) (Mary of Modena)
*"Heirs of Squire Harry" (1974) (Edward VI)
*"A Summer Storm" (1976) (The Peasants' Revolt, 1381)
*"A Secret Chronicle" (1977) (Edward II)

The Escape series (for younger readers)
*"The Escape of the King" (1957) (The young Charles II)
*"The Escape of the Queen" (1957) (Mary Queen of Scots)
*"The Escape of the Prince" (1958) (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
*"The Escape of the Duke" (1960) (Charles I's son James, Duke of York))
*"The Escape of the Princess" (1962) (Clementina Sobieski)

Non-fiction
*"King James the Last" (1942)
*"Titus Oates" (1949)
*"Puritan, Rake and Squire" (1950)

References

Information from covers of "Dark Conspiracy" and other titles published by "The House of Stratus".
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/jane-lane/ Jane Lane's profile at Fantastic Fiction]