Elizabeth Chadwick

Elizabeth Chadwick is a bestselling British historical novelist specialising in the medieval period whose meticulously researched fiction brings the Middle Ages to vivid life. She is known for using techniques like Akashic Records research alongside conventional historical sources to create deeply immersive narratives. A Marriage of Lions is set in the court of Henry III and follows the marriage between Simon de Montfort's daughter and a young nobleman. Chadwick's extensive body of work includes novels about William Marshal, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and other major medieval figures. She has won the RNA Historical Novel of the Year Award and the Michael Legat Award. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers richly detailed medieval historical fiction where the politics, passions, and dangers of the Middle Ages feel immediate and real.