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Jane Lane (author)

Jane Lane (27 May 1905– 6 January 1978) was the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, an English novelist and biographer. Her best-known books are historical novels set in the 17th and 18th century.

Jane Lane was born on 27 May 1905 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. She was descended from Jane Lane, Lady Fisher. She is best known for her books about the Stuart period in English history and 18th-century Scotland, written from a Catholic and Royalist perspective.

Her novel, A State of Mind, is set in a dystopian future. The Tablet has described Lane as "one of the few contemporary writers who excel both as novelists and historians". Jane Lane died on 6 January 1978.

Novels

The Escape series (for younger readers)

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