Juliet Dymoke

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Juliet Dymoke (pseudonym of Juliet Dymoke de Schanschieff) was an English historical novelist who lived from 28 June 1919 to 2001. She grew up in Enfield, London, and went to Chantry Mount School in Bishop’s Stortford. In 1942 she married Hugo de Schanschieff, an RAF officer, and the couple had two children. Her writing began in the 1950s, with early works like Sons of the Tribune (1956) and London in the 18th Century (1958), a school textbook. Her novels cover many historical periods, including Treason in November (1961), which is about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Her best-known achievement is the Plantagenets series, six novels about English kings from Henry II to Richard III, published between 1978 and 1980. These books were mainly for adults but can also be enjoyed by younger readers.

Selected works and series

- Conqueror Trilogy: Of the Ring of Earls (1970); Henry of the High Rock (1971); The Lion’s Legacy (1974)

- Plantagenets Series: A Pride of Kings (1978); The Royal Griffin (1978); The Lion of Mortimer (1979); Lady of the Garter (1979); The Lord of Greenwich (1980); The Sun in Splendour (1980)

- Blood of Culloden: The White Cockade (1979); Portrait of Jenny (1990)

- Revolution: The Queen’s Diamond (1985); Two Flags for France (1986)

- Hollander Trilogy: Hollanders House (1991); Cry of the Peacock (1992); Winter’s Daughter (1993)

- Other notable novels (early works): Sons of the Tribune (1956); Treason in November (1961)

- Non-fiction: London in the Eighteenth Century (1958)

Juliet Dymoke’s writing remains popular for readers who enjoy immersive historical fiction spanning the Middle Ages to early modern times.