| READE | Charles, English author of the historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| SWINBURNE | Algernon Charles - - -, English writer who invented the roundel form of verse (9) |
| SCOTT | Sir Walter ___; author of the historical novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Waverley (5) |
| ELIOT | George, author of the historical novel Romola (5) |
| KENFOLLETT | Author of the historical novel The Pillars of the Earth |
| BLAKE | William ___, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los (5) |
| CHARLES | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (7) |
| PUSHKIN | Alexander --, author of the historical novel 'The Captain's Daughter' (7) |
| PLAIDY | Jean ___, author of the historical novels The Reluctant Queen and Murder Most Royal (6) |
| HEYER | Writer of the historical romances Faro's Daughter and Friday's Child, Georgette ... |
| LIBYA | Republic of N Africa made up of the historical regions of Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica (5) |
| APRIL | Month in which cuckoos typically arrive in the UK, Lyrid meteor showers occur as a result of the historical Comet Thatcher and downpours are likely (5) |
| OTWAY | Thomas, English author of the play Venice Preserv'd (5) |
| UDALL | Nicholas, English author of the comedy drama Ralph Roister Doister (5) |
| STURT | Charles, English explorer who discovered the Darling River in Australia in 1828 (5) |
| HOUSE | Mansion ___ Hotel (Name of the historical military hospital in Alexandria, Virginia upon which the d |
| HELEN | English author of the hugely successful Bridget Jones's Diary, ... Fielding |
| ROLLS | Charles, English pioneer motorist and aviator (5) |
| UNSWORTH | Barry --, author of the historical novel 'Sacred Hunger' (8) |
| MARKTWAIN | Pseudonym of the US author of the 1881 historical novel The Prince and the Pauper (4,5) |
