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Andrew Taylor

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Andrew Taylor is a British author of historical crime fiction and psychological thrillers. Born in 1951, he studied English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, before working in a variety of occupations and becoming a full-time writer. His novels are distinguished by careful period research, complex moral questions and an interest in the ways private crimes intersect with political and social upheaval.

Taylor’s major works include the Lydmouth mysteries, the Roth Trilogy and the Marwood and Lovett series, set during the Restoration and beginning with The Ashes of London. He has also written acclaimed standalone novels such as The American Boy, The Anatomy of Ghosts and The Scent of Death. Moving between seventeenth-century London, eighteenth-century Britain and the twentieth century, his fiction combines murder investigations, family secrets and political intrigue with detailed portrayals of communities shaped by class, religion and historical change.

Periods and events

American Revolutionary War1775–1783 CE Commonwealth and Protectorate1649–1660 CE Georgian Crime and the Bloody Code1714–1837 CE Great Fire of London1666 CE Interwar Period1918–1939 CE Korean War1950–1953 CE Post-war Britain1945–1963 CE Regency Era1811–1820 CE Restoration London1660–1685 CE World War II1939–1945 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by Andrew Taylor (2 series)

James Marwood & Cat Lovett in Order

by Andrew Taylor 6 books 4.2(56,565)

Andrew Taylor’s Restoration series follows James Marwood, the son of a former Fifth Monarchist who becomes a government clerk and investigator, and Cat Lovett, the daughter of a regicide who rebuilds her life as an architect. Beginning with the Great Fire of London in 1666, their separate paths…

Lydmouth Crime in Order

by Andrew Taylor 8 books 4.1(10,087)

The Lydmouth Crime series is set in a fictional market town on the English–Welsh border during the austere post-war years. Detective Inspector Richard Thornhill investigates deaths concealed beneath respectable local life, while London journalist Jill Francis observes the town as both an outsider and an increasingly involved resident.…

Historical fiction

Standalone historical fiction by Andrew Taylor (4 books)

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