author
Christopher Hare
A Victorian-era writer who published under the name Christopher Hare, she brought Renaissance courts, queens, and warriors to life with a storyteller’s touch. Her books mix biography and historical drama, often shining light on women overlooked by other historians.
1 Audiobook
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach
by Christopher Hare
About the author
Marian Andrews (1839–1929), born Marian Hare, was an English biographer and novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Christopher Hare. She first wrote fiction set in rural Wiltshire, then became especially known for historical books about the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Her best-known work explored figures from the Italian Renaissance and Reformation, including queens, noblewomen, and soldiers. Contemporary sources note that she was interested in giving more serious attention to women of the period, at a time when many histories focused mainly on men.
For listeners who enjoy vivid historical writing, her books offer a blend of careful research and narrative energy. The name Christopher Hare may sound masculine, but behind it was a writer with a clear fascination for overlooked lives and dramatic moments from European history.