author
E. E. (Edward Ebenezer) Crake
d. 1915
A Victorian clergyman who also wrote lively historical fiction, he is best known for tales that bring Tudor and Stuart England to life. His work mixes adventure, faith, and English history in a way that feels both earnest and readable.
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In the days of Queen Mary
by E. E. (Edward Ebenezer) Crake
About the author
Edward Ebenezer Crake was an English clergyman and historical novelist who died in 1915. Contemporary book records for In the Days of Queen Mary identify him as E. E. Crake, M.A., F.R.Hist.Soc., and as the Rector of Jevington.
The surviving record around his life is patchy, but his books show a clear interest in dramatizing England's religious and political past. In the Days of Queen Mary was published under his fuller name, and its title pages also credit him with other historical works including Henri Duquesne, When the Puritans Were in Power, The Royalist Brothers, and Dame Joan of Pevensey.
Crake seems to have written for readers who enjoyed history told through story rather than scholarship alone. Even from the limited biographical trail, he comes across as a parish priest with a strong feel for the moral conflicts and human tensions of earlier English history.