Jane Lane

Jane Lane (27 May 1905– 6 January 1978) was the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, an English novelist and biographer. Her best-known books are historical novels set in the 17th and 18th century. Biography Jane Lane was born on 27 May 1905 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. She was descended from Jane Lane, Lady Fisher. She is best known for her books about the Stuart period in English history and 18th-century Scotland, written from a Catholic and Royalist perspective. Her novel, A State of Mind, is set in a dystopian future. The Tablet has described Lane as "one of the few contemporary writers who excel both as novelists and historians". Jane Lane died on 6 January 1978. Selected works Novels Sir Devil-May-Care (1937) (English Civil War) He Stooped to Conquer (1944) (Massacre of Glencoe) Gin and Bitters (1945) (early 18th Century London and the South Sea Bubble) His Fight is Ours (1946) (background to the 1745 Rising) London Goes To Heaven (1947) (London under the Commonwealth and Protectorate) Parcel of Rogues: The Plot Against Mary of Scotland (1948) (Mary, Queen of Scots and the regencies) Fortress in the Forth (1950) (Jacobite prisoners on Bass Rock 1691–94) Dark Conspiracy (1951) (Rye House Plot against Charles II) The Sealed Knot (1952) (English Civil War) Lady of the House a.k.a. The Countess at War (1953) (English Civil War) The Phoenix and the Laurel (1954) (John Graham of Claverhouse) Thunder on St. Paul's Day (1956) (Titus Oates and the "Popish Plot") Conies in the Hay a.k.a. Rabbits in the Hay a.k.a.