Diana Norman

Life and work

Novels

Writing as Diana Norman

• Fitzempress' Law, set in the reign of Henry II of England
• King of the Last Days
• The Morning Gift
• Daughter of Lîr
• Pirate Queen, based on the life of the 16th-century Irish pirate Grace O'Malley
• The Vizard Mask, set in Restoration London
• Shores of Darkness
• Blood Royal
• A Catch of Consequence, Book 1 of the Makepeace Hedley series, set in the late-18th century against the backgrounds of the French revolution and the American war of independence
• Taking Liberties, Book 2 of the Makepeace Hedley series
• The Sparks Fly Upward, Book 3 of the Makepeace Hedley series

  Writing as Ariana Franklin

• City of Shadows, centred on the plot to pass off a psychiatric patient, Anna Anderson, as the Russian princess Anastasia Romanov
• Mistress of the Art of Death, first book of the historical crime series featuring 12th-century medical examiner Adelia Aguilar; winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award from the British Crime Writers' Association
• The Death Maze, published as The Serpent's Tale in the US, a second Adelia Aguilar mystery
• Relics of the Dead, published as Grave Goods in the US, a third Adelia Aguilar mystery
• The Assassin's Prayer, published as A Murderous Procession in the US the fourth and final Adelia Aguilar mystery; winner of the British Crime Writers' Association's Dagger in the Library award
• Winter Siege, published as The Siege Winter in the US, a standalone set in 1141 during the conflict between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda. The unfinished manuscript was completed by the author's daughter, Samantha Norman.

  Non-fiction

• The Stately Ghosts of England
• Road from Singapore
• Terrible Beauty: Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868–1927