Elizabeth Chadwick

Elizabeth Chadwick (* 1957) is an English bestselling author of historical novels.

Elizabeth Chadwick began writing historical novels at the age of 15. Years later, in 1990 , after she was already married and had two sons, her first novel, The Wild Hunt , was accepted for publication by the Penguin publishing group. A year later, The Wild Hunt won the Betty Trask Award , a prize for young writers under the age of 35 presented to her by Prince Charles. In 1995 she wrote the novel First Knight based on the script of the film of the same name starring Sean Connery and Richard Gere .

Chadwick has now written more than 20 historical novels, all of which are set in the Middle Ages. Many of her novels made it onto the shortlist for the Romantic Novelist's Award. The Historical Novel Society in Great Britain named her the best contemporary writer of medieval novels .

Awards

• Betty Trask Award

Works

• The Wild Hunt (1990) - The Wild Hunt (1991), part 1 of the Ravenstow series
• The Running Vixen (1991) - The Vixen (1992), part 2 of the Ravenstow series
• The Leopard Unleashed (1992) - The Leopard (1993), Part 3 of the series Ravenstow
• Children of Destiny (1993) - Fateful Companions (1994)
• Shields of Pride (1994) - The Half Brothers (1994)
• First Knight (1995) - The First Knight (1995)
• The Conquest (1996)
• The Champion (1997)
• The Love Knot (1998)
• The Marsh King's Daughter (1999)
• Lords of the White Castle (2000) - The Knight's Bride (2006)
• The Winter Mantle (2002) - The Norman Bride (2004)
• Falcons of Montabard (2003) - Der Falke von Montabard (2004), the follow-up novel to The Norman Bride , has nothing to do with this in terms of content
• Shadows and Strongholds (2004) - The Heiress of the Fortress (2006)
• The Greatest Knight (2005) - The Queen's Knight (2008), part 1 of the William Marshal series
• The Scarlet Lion (2006) - The Scarlet Lion (2009), part 2 of the William Marshal series
• A Place Beyond Courage (2006) - The Queen's Banner , book about father by William Marshal
• Daughters of the Grail (2006) - Children of Destiny reissue
• The Time of Singing (2008) - The Rose of Windsor (2011)
• To Defy a King (2010) - The English rebel (2012), book about the daughter of William Marshal
• The Summer Queen (2013) - The Queen's Song (2014), first volume in the trilogy about Alienor of Aquitaine.
• The Winter Crown (2015) - The Queen's Heart (2016), second volume in the trilogy about Alienor of Aquitaine.
• The Autumn Throne (2016) - The Legacy of the Queen (2017), third volume in the trilogy about Alienor of Aquitaine.

Warning: the novel Bride Fire comes from another author of the same name!

Web links

• Literature by and about Elizabeth Chadwick in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author's website