Jonathan Lunn Books in Order
Browse Jonathan Lunn books in order, with concise summaries, series background, and easy starting points for medieval, naval, and wartime adventures.
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Jonathan Lunn books in publication order
16 books
The Road to Crécy
by Jonathan Lunn
1996
Martin Kemp joins the English army to escape the hangman, hoping war might offer a fresh start. Instead, he faces the panic of battle, brutal siege warfare, and the French nobility at Crécy, where his longbow may decide his fate.
Passage at Arms
by Jonathan Lunn
1997
In 1347, archer Martin Kemp endures the bleak English siege of Calais after the victory at Crécy. A surprise French attack and a fragile truce offer hope, but Kemp soon learns that peace is never simple for a soldier.
Killigrew and the Golden Dragon
by Jonathan Lunn
2001
After Kit Killigrew captures a feared pirate in the South China Sea, the prisoner escapes in Hong Kong. Murder, Triad influence, and opium profits pull Killigrew into a web of treachery surrounding a ruthless merchant.
Killigrew and the Incorrigibles
by Jonathan Lunn
2002
Kit Killigrew sails to Norfolk Island in 1850 with a governess and a reporter seeking an Irish political prisoner. A rescue attempt frees brutal convicts, sending Killigrew into a deadly pursuit through the New Hebrides and an illegal trade network.
Killigrew and the North-west Passage
by Jonathan Lunn
2003
Lieutenant Kit Killigrew joins the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition in 1852. When a glory-seeking captain drives the ship into uncharted ice, a brutal winter and a mysterious predator turn rescue into survival.
Killigrew's Run
by Jonathan Lunn
2004
On the eve of the Crimean War, Kit Killigrew must negotiate the release of a captured viscount in the Baltic. Imprisoned by Russian secret police, he has forty-eight hours to escape, rescue his charge, and sail a stolen yacht to safety.
Killigrew and the Sea Devil
by Jonathan Lunn
2005
Framed for murder by a Russian enemy in 1855, Commander Kit Killigrew is drawn into Victorian London's underworld. An undercover mission to St Petersburg soon turns into a race to find an engineer and a secret weapon called the Sea Devil.
Killigrew of the Royal Navy
by Jonathan Lunn
2017
In 1847, Royal Navy officer Kit Killigrew goes undercover among slavers to locate a major West African slave market. His mission also leads toward a powerful British investor, forcing him into a perilous fight against an illegal trade.
Blitz in Malaya
by Jonathan Lunn
2019
After Japan invades Malaya in 1942, private Charlie Torrance finds his jungle posting turned into a nightmare. When his group discovers vital documents, a relentless Japanese officer hunts them through the collapsing British defenses.
The Castle in the Marsh
by Jonathan Lunn
2019
Captured near Calais, Martin Kemp and his men face imprisonment in a French castle where escape means death. To save his friends, Kemp must escort a Dominican friar on a dangerous mission through disputed border country to Scotland.
Escape from Singapore
by Jonathan Lunn
2020
Trapped during the fall of Singapore in 1942, Charlie Torrance expects either death or a prison camp. Instead, he is sent on a near-impossible mission to extract a British operative carrying classified information while the island collapses around him.
Riders of Fury
by Jonathan Lunn
2020
Freebooter Martin Kemp seeks a new lord amid Brittany's civil war and falls in with the ambitious outlaw Sir Ranulf FitzWaryn. As a French army approaches, Kemp must choose between loyalty, love, and the price of rising through the ranks.
An Arrow for the Crown
by Jonathan Lunn
2021
War erupts on the Scottish border while Martin Kemp is collecting a debt. Hunted by French men-at-arms, he and Ieuan escort civilians toward Berwick, only to be trapped in a siege that could decide the fate of Scotland's crown.
Betrayal in Burma
by Jonathan Lunn
2021
During the 1942 retreat through Burma, Corporal Charlie Torrance must escort a political prisoner to India with a squad of defaulters. Japanese intelligence and Burmese fighters are closing in, and a traitor may be travelling beside him.
The Warriors in the Snow
by Jonathan Lunn
2022
In 1356, Martin Kemp is wrongly blamed for burning a Scottish church during Edward III's winter invasion. Chained and cut off in a blizzard with a handful of men, he must survive a hostile retreat and a knight with dangerous plans.
Kemp: The Flames of Heresy
by Jonathan Lunn
2023
On the Gascon frontier, Martin Kemp wants to reclaim the mercenary Company of the Dragon from Count Targres. As brigands ravage the region and an Inquisition arrives in Cazoulat, Kemp is pulled into a deadly struggle for control.
Where to start with Jonathan Lunn
For the medieval saga: The Road to Crécy → Passage at Arms → The Castle in the Marsh → Riders of Fury
For World War II jungle action: Blitz in Malaya → Escape from Singapore → Betrayal in Burma
For nineteenth-century naval adventure: Killigrew of the Royal Navy → Killigrew and the Golden Dragon → Killigrew and the Incorrigibles
For later Martin Kemp adventures: The Warriors in the Snow → Kemp: The Flames of Heresy
Jonathan Lunn sub-series and character series
Arrows of Albion books in order
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The Road to Crécy
by Jonathan Lunn
1996Arrows of Albion, Book 1
Passage at Arms
by Jonathan Lunn
1997Arrows of Albion, Book 2
The Castle in the Marsh
by Jonathan Lunn
2019Arrows of Albion, Book 3
Riders of Fury
by Jonathan Lunn
2020Arrows of Albion, Book 4
An Arrow for the Crown
by Jonathan Lunn
2021Arrows of Albion, Book 5
The Warriors in the Snow
by Jonathan Lunn
2022Arrows of Albion, Book 6
Kemp: The Flames of Heresy
by Jonathan Lunn
2023Arrows of Albion, Book 7
Arrows of Albion books in chronological order

The Road to Crécy
by Jonathan Lunn
1996Arrows of Albion, Book 1
Passage at Arms
by Jonathan Lunn
1997Arrows of Albion, Book 2
The Castle in the Marsh
by Jonathan Lunn
2019Arrows of Albion, Book 3
Riders of Fury
by Jonathan Lunn
2020Arrows of Albion, Book 4
An Arrow for the Crown
by Jonathan Lunn
2021Arrows of Albion, Book 5
The Warriors in the Snow
by Jonathan Lunn
2022Arrows of Albion, Book 6
Kemp: The Flames of Heresy
by Jonathan Lunn
2023Arrows of Albion, Book 7
Jungle War books in order
Explore this seriesKit Killigrew Naval Adventures books in order
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Killigrew and the Golden Dragon
by Jonathan Lunn
2001Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 1
Killigrew and the Incorrigibles
by Jonathan Lunn
2002Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 2
Killigrew and the North-west Passage
by Jonathan Lunn
2003Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 3
Killigrew's Run
by Jonathan Lunn
2004Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 4
Killigrew and the Sea Devil
by Jonathan Lunn
2005Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 5
Killigrew of the Royal Navy
by Jonathan Lunn
2017Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 6
Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures books in chronological order

Killigrew and the Golden Dragon
by Jonathan Lunn
2001Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 1
Killigrew and the Incorrigibles
by Jonathan Lunn
2002Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 2
Killigrew and the North-west Passage
by Jonathan Lunn
2003Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 3
Killigrew's Run
by Jonathan Lunn
2004Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 4
Killigrew and the Sea Devil
by Jonathan Lunn
2005Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 5
Killigrew of the Royal Navy
by Jonathan Lunn
2017Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures, Book 6
Author bio
Jonathan Lunn was born in London and started writing when he was fifteen. He studied history at the University of Leicester, where he also became involved in politics. For a while, politics looked like it might become his working life.
He spent six years as a spin doctor in local government. It was useful experience for someone who writes about power, ambition, bad decisions, and people trying to talk their way out of trouble. But eventually he left politics behind to focus on fiction.
Writing won out.
Before using the name Jonathan Lunn, he published two novels under his real name, Daniel Hall. The later pen name became attached to fast-moving historical adventures, often built around soldiers and sailors caught inside much bigger conflicts.
His Arrows of Albion books follow Martin Kemp, an English archer whose hopes of glory are repeatedly tested by the hard facts of the Hundred Years' War. Beginning with The Road to Crécy, the series moves through battlefields, sieges, border country, and uneasy alliances. Kemp is brave and capable, but he is not untouched by the violence around him, which gives the action a rougher, more human edge.
Lunn also turned to the nineteenth-century navy in the Kit Killigrew novels. Starting with Killigrew of the Royal Navy, these books send the young officer across a world shaped by steam power, empire, piracy, espionage, and war. The settings range from the West African coast and Hong Kong to the Arctic and the Baltic, with Kit usually facing a problem that cannot be solved by sailing skill alone.
Then there is the World War II Jungle War sequence, beginning with Blitz in Malaya. Its hero, Charlie Torrance, is an infantryman trying to stay alive as the Japanese advance through Malaya, Singapore, and Burma. These stories keep the focus close to exhausted soldiers, jungle terrain, military setbacks, and the hard choices made during retreat.
Lunn likes putting capable people in very bad places.
His books tend to favor clear momentum, practical details, and protagonists who must make decisions before they have all the facts. Whether the danger comes from a French siege, a pirate crew, a prison colony, or a collapsing wartime front, the pressure is immediate and personal.
Away from the desk, Lunn has written about taking long walks in the British countryside, an activity that has involved getting lost, rough weather, heights, cattle, and even rising floodwater. He lives in Bristol and writes full time. It sounds like the sort of field research that might suit an adventure novelist a little too well.
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