Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler Audiobooks

Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

1856–1913

Known for vivid historical adventures set in early medieval Britain, this English clergyman and physician wrote novels that drew on Saxon chronicles, Norse and Danish sagas, and archaeological finds. His stories helped bring the world between about 600 and 1100 CE to life for popular readers.

About the author

Born on 14 November 1856, Charles Watts Whistler was an English writer, Anglican clergyman, and trained physician. He is best remembered for historical fiction set in the early medieval period, especially stories inspired by Anglo-Saxon England and the Viking world.

Whistler studied medicine and was known by the credentials MRCS and LSA, but he also served in the church and built a literary career alongside his other work. His fiction was shaped by close attention to early chronicles, Norse and Danish sagas, and archaeological discoveries, which gave his novels a strong sense of place and period.

He died on 10 June 1913. Today he remains of interest to readers who enjoy older historical adventures and stories rooted in the legends and recorded history of early Britain.

Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

8 Audiobooks

King Alfred's Viking: A Story of the First English Fleet

A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex

A Sea Queen's Sailing

Wulfric the Weapon Thane: A Story of the Danish Conquest of East Anglia

Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln

A Thane of Wessex: Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into Somerset

A King's Comrade: A Story of Old Hereford

King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut

About the author