author
D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster
1877–1950
Best known for sweeping historical fiction set around the Jacobite risings, this English novelist brought the 18th and early 19th centuries to life with romance, danger, and a strong sense of place. Her most famous book, The Flight of the Heron, helped make her a widely read author of historical adventure.
6 Audiobooks
The Vision Splendid
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster, G. Winifred (Gertrude Winifred) Taylor
The Yellow Poppy
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster
The flight of the heron
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster
Chantemerle : A romance of the Vendean War
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster, G. Winifred (Gertrude Winifred) Taylor
The Wounded Name
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster
Sir Isumbras at the Ford
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster
About the author
Born near Liverpool on September 2, 1877, Dorothy Kathleen Broster wrote under the name D. K. Broster and became known for historical novels and short stories. She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and St Hilda's College, Oxford, and her fiction was especially drawn to the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Broster's best-known novel is The Flight of the Heron (1925), a story set during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Readers were drawn to her careful historical settings and her gift for combining adventure, romance, and atmosphere, and she went on to build a strong reputation as a writer of historical fiction.
She died on February 7, 1950. Though less widely known today than in her own lifetime, her novels still stand out for their vivid storytelling and for the way they open a door into dramatic moments of British and European history.