Kate Sedley Books in Order
Kate Sedley has written 45 books, published between 1967 and 2013. The first book is Richmond and Elizabeth (1967) and the newest is The Christmas Wassail (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.
Kate Sedley also publishes as Brenda Honeyman.
- Books
- 45
- Published
- 1967–2013
- Pages on record
- 8,972 in 36 of 45 books
- Reading time
- 150–224 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,972 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 45 titles with a page count on record.
Roger the Chapman, who gave up a monk's cell to peddle goods on the road, features in the medieval whodunnits of Kate Sedley. Kate Sedley was the pen name of Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke, born Brenda Honeyman in Bristol on 30 July 1926, an English historical novelist educated at The Red Maids' School in Westbury-on-Trym, who died on 28 February 2022 aged 95. The catalogue lists 45 books from Richmond and Elizabeth (1967) to The Christmas Wassail (2013). Early titles such as Brother Bedford (1972), Good Duke Humphrey (1973) and The Queen and Mortimer (1974) carry the Brenda Honeyman name. Subject headings name England, peddlers and the Wars of the Roses, and In The Shadow Of The Throne is a listed series.
How many Kate Sedley books are there?
Kate Sedley has 45 books, released between 1967 and 2013. They include 2 series and 21 titles listed outside any series.
Kate Sedley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 45 Kate Sedley books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119672082/4
- 2The Kingmaker / Last of the Barons (As: Brenda Honeyman)1969 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419692082/4
- 31970–2/4
- 4Brother Bedford (As: Brenda Honeyman)1972 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/419722072/4
- 5Good Duke Humphrey (As: Brenda Honeyman)1973 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/419731902/4
- 6King's Minions (As: Brenda Honeyman)1974 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/419741902/4
- 7The Queen and Mortimer (As: Brenda Honeyman)1974 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/419741922/4
- 8Edward, The Warrior (As: Brenda Honeyman)1975 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/419752042/4
- 9All the King's Sons (As: Brenda Honeyman)1976 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/419761922/4
- 10The Golden Griffin (As: Brenda Honeyman)1976 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/419761902/4
- 11At the King's Court (As: Brenda Honeyman)1977 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419771892/4
- 12The King's Tale (As: Brenda Honeyman)1977 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/419771762/4
- 13Macbeth, King of Scots (As: Brenda Honeyman)1977 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/419771922/4
- 14Emma the Queen (As: Brenda Honeyman)1978 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/419781752/4
- 15Glass Island1978 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419781602/4
- 16For King and Country1979 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/419794162/4
- 17Harold of the English (As: Brenda Honeyman)1979 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419791892/4
- 18Three Women1985 · 377 pages · confirmed 2/419853772/4
- 19Equal Chance1990 · 509 pages · confirmed 2/419905092/4
- 201991–2/4
- 211992–2/4
- 2219932482/4
- 23A Durable Fire1993 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/419933842/4
- 241994–2/4
- 251995–2/4
- 2619952882/4
- 27Sweet Auburn1995 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/419954162/4
- 2819972882/4
- 29Richard Plantagenet1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419972562/4
- 3019982472/4
- 3119992462/4
- 32A Royal Alliance1999 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419992242/4
- 3320012242/4
- 3420022502/4
- 3520032242/4
- 3620042492/4
- 3720052522/4
- 3820052522/4
- 3920072562/4
- 4020082562/4
- 412009–2/4
- 422010–2/4
- 432011–2/4
- 442012–2/4
- 4520132482/4
Kate Sedley series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Roger the Chapman books in order 22 books
Kate Sedley books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Roger The Chapman books in order
22 books by Kate Sedley- 1. Death and the Chapman
- 2. The Plymouth Cloak
- 3. The Hanged Man / The Weaver's Tale
- 4. The Holy Innocents
- 5. The Eve of Saint Hyacinth
- 6. The Wicked Winter
- 7. The Brothers of Glastonbury
- 8. The Weaver's Inheritance
- 9. The Saint John's Fern
- 10. The Goldsmith's Daughter
- 11. The Lammas Feast
- 12. Nine Men Dancing
- and 10 more in the table above
In The Shadow Of The Throne in order
2 booksStandalone books
21 books21 Kate Sedley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kate Sedley books in order?
You only need to read Kate Sedley books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Kate Sedley
Start with Death and the Chapman (1991), the first Roger the Chapman book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Richmond and Elizabeth (1967).
What is the newest Kate Sedley book?
The Christmas Wassail (2013) is the newest Kate Sedley book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Sedley book coming?
No next Kate Sedley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Sedley at a glance
- Died
- Kate Sedley died in 2022, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Kate Sedley on record dates from 2013.
- Release pace
- Kate Sedley books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,972 pages across the 36 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 235 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Sedley books, 15 of 45, were published in the 1970s.
What the Kate Sedley books are about
40 of the 45 Kate Sedley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: roger the chapman (fictitious character) is tagged on 22 of 40. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Roger the Chapman (Fictitious character) 22 of 40 books
- History 19 of 40 books
- Peddling 12 of 40 books
- Fiction in English 11 of 40 books
- Historical fiction 10 of 40 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 40 books
- England 7 of 40 books
- Peddlers and peddling 7 of 40 books
- Great Britain 6 of 40 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 5 of 40 books
- Investigation 3 of 40 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 3 of 40 books