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Best known for historical fiction set in turbulent moments of English history, this writer brought the Tudor and Civil War eras to life with brisk storytelling and a strong sense of place. His surviving work suggests a clergyman-author who paired popular history with adventure.
by E. E. (Edward Ebenezer) Crake
Edward E. Crake is credited on Project Gutenberg as E. E. (Edward Ebenezer) Crake, where In the Days of Queen Mary appears under his name. The text of that novel identifies him more fully as Edward E. Crake, M.A., F.R.Hist.Soc., and describes him as Rector of Jevington.
That same edition also lists several of his other books, including Henri Duquesne, When the Puritans Were in Power, The Royalist Brothers, and Dame Joan of Pevensey. Together, they show a clear interest in English and Protestant history, especially dramatic periods like the reign of Mary I and the age of the Puritans.
Even from the small amount of biographical detail now easy to confirm online, Crake comes across as a writer who aimed to make history vivid and readable for general audiences. His fiction seems to blend research, religious and historical interests, and the pace of an old-fashioned adventure tale.