Historical Mystery Timeline

There are a lot of historical mystery reviews on my blog – so I thought I’d do a chronological index. I’m not being too precise at the moment and this is a work in progress, so be patient. I’m also going to include major series by authors who I haven’t reviewed so far, in particular for older eras. There are probably too many twentieth century historicals to list, so I’ll just include those that I’ve read. Once we get past 1066 in the UK, I’ll classify them by monarch. [WORK IN PROGRESS]

The Ancient World

Egypt – 2000 BC

Death Comes As The End – Agatha Christie

Egypt – 1479 BC

• Chief Judge Amerotke – Paul Doherty

Greece c. 334 BC

• Alexander the Great – Paul Doherty (as Anna Apostolou)
• Alexander the Great – Paul Doherty

Rome – from 80 BC

• Gordianus the Finger – Steven Saylor

Jerusalem 29 AD

• Rabban Gamaliel – Frederick Ramsay

Alexandria 36 AD

• Furies – D L Johnstone

Rome from 69 AD

• Falco – Lindsay Davis

Bithynia c. 100 AD

• Pliny The Younger – Bruce MacBain

Rome 313 AD

• Claudia – Paul Doherty

The Dark Ages

Ireland c. 666 AD

• Sister Fidelma – Peter Tremayne

The Medieval World

Stephen (1135-1154)

• Brother Cadfael – Ellis Peters
• Gareth and Gwen – Sarah Woodbury (NB set in Wales)

Henry II (1154-1189)

• Adelia Aguilar – Ariana Franklin

Richard I (1189-1199)

• Hawkenlye mysteries – Alys Clare
• Crowner John – Bernard Knight

Henry III (1216-1272)

• Wine of Violence – Priscilla Royal
• William Falconer – Ian Morson

Edward I (1272-1307)

• Hugh Corbett – Paul Doherty

Edward II (1307-1327)

• Baldwin & Puttock – Michael Jecks
• Mathilde of Westminster – Paul Doherty
• The Death Of A King – Paul Doherty (set in Edward III’s reign but concerning the death of Edward II)

Edward III (1327-1377)

• The Canterbury Tales – Paul Doherty
• Matthew Bartholomew – Susanna Gregory
• Owen Archer – Candace Robb

Richard II (1377-1399)

• Brother Athelstan – Paul Doherty

Edward IV (1461-1470, 1471-1483)

• Roger the Chapman – Kate Sedley
• Kathryn Swinbrooke – Paul Doherty (as C L Grace)

House of Tudor

Henry VIII (1509-1547)

• Roger Shallot – Paul Doherty (as Michael Clynes)
• Matthew Shardlake – C J Sansom

Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

• John Shakespeare – Rory Clements
• Giordano Bruno – S J Parris
• Nicholas Bracewell – Edward Marston
• Hew Cullan – Shirley McKay - set in Scotland so monarch is James VI

House of Stuart

Charles I (1625-1649)

• Bridget Hodgson – Sam Thomas

House of Hanover

George III (1760-1820)

• John Rawlings – Deryn Lake
• The Bride of Newgate – John Dickson Carr
• Captain Lacey – Ashley Gardner

House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha

Queen Victoria (1837-1901)

• The Railway Detective – Edward Marston
• Inspector Faro – Alanna Knight
• Owen Burns – Paul Halter
• Eldamunde Cunningham – J Conrad Beech

Early Twentieth Century

• Daisy Dalrymple – Carola Dunn
• Mirabelle Bevan – Sara Sheridan
• Josephine Tey – Nicola Upson
• Amelia Peabody – Elizabeth Peters
• Kate Shackleton – Frances Brody
• Bernie Gunther – Philip Kerr

European Historical Mysteries

• The Hangman’s Daughter (1659 – Germany) – Oliver Pötzsch
• The One Thing More – Anne Perry

US Historical Mysteries

• Harry Houdini – Daniel Stashower
• Holmes on the Range – Steve Hockensmith
• Professor Bradshaw – Bernadette Pajer
• Ulysses Grant – Jeffrey Marks
• Quincannon & Carpenter – Bill Pronzini
• Toby Peters (Golden Age Hollywood) – Stuart Kaminsky