Home / Authors / Candace Robb

Author

Candace Robb

Candace Robb is an American author and historian best known for historical mysteries set in medieval Britain. Her postgraduate studies in medieval and Anglo-Saxon literature and history provided the foundation for fiction distinguished by detailed settings, political intrigue and carefully reconstructed everyday life. Her novels frequently explore the tensions between royal authority, religious institutions and local communities during the fourteenth century.

Robb’s best-known works are the Owen Archer Mysteries, centred on a former soldier and spy investigating crimes in medieval York, and the Kate Clifford Mysteries, which feature a widowed businesswoman drawn into dangerous political affairs. She also wrote the Margaret Kerr trilogy, set during the Scottish Wars of Independence. Under the name Emma Campion, she published historical novels about Alice Perrers and Joan of Kent, combining documented events with imaginative accounts of women close to royal power.

Periods and events

Hundred Years’ War Reign of Richard II Plantagenet England Lancastrian England Medieval Wales Battle of Stirling Bridge Wars of Scottish Independence

Series

Series by Candace Robb (3 series)

An Owen Archer Mystery in Order

by Candace Robb 16 books 4.2

The Owen Archer mysteries follow a Welsh soldier and former captain of archers who becomes an investigator, spy and officer in fourteenth-century York. Beginning in 1363, Owen serves Archbishop John Thoresby and later the city authorities, while his marriage to apothecary Lucie Wilton gives the investigations a close…

The Apothecary Rose

4.0

The Lady Chapel

4.2

The Nun’s Tale

4.1

The King’s Bishop

4.2

The Riddle of St. Leonard’s

4.2

A Gift of Sanctuary

4.1

A Spy for the Redeemer

4.2

The Cross-Legged Knight

4.3

The Guilt of Innocents

4.4

A Vigil of Spies

4.5

A Conspiracy of Wolves

4.6

A Choir of Crows

4.6

The Riverwoman’s Dragon

4.6

A Fox in the Fold

4.6

A Snake in the Barley

4.6

A Lion’s Ransom

4.7

Kate Clifford in Order

by Candace Robb 3 books 4.1

The Kate Clifford mysteries are set in York during the crisis that ended the reign of Richard II and brought Henry Bolingbroke to the throne. Young widow Kate Clifford, trained to survive on the violent northern marches, supports herself by managing a guesthouse and discreet chambers near York…

The Service of the Dead

3.9

A Twisted Vengeance

4.4

A Murdered Peace

4.2

Margaret Kerr Trilogy in Order

by Candace Robb 3 books 3.9

The Margaret Kerr trilogy follows a Scottish merchant's wife searching for truth and personal independence during the opening year of the Wars of Scottish Independence. In 1297 Margaret travels through occupied Edinburgh and a country divided among supporters of John Balliol, Robert the Bruce, William Wallace and Edward…