Human stories, set inside worlds of power.
The Cranes of Ibycus
Literary espionage
A barrister sent into the heart of British intelligence uncovers the secret that has kept the peace for thirty years.
Pallamaglio
Historical · Trafalgar, 1805
Trafalgar from its blind side: the son Nelson never knew he had, and the chaplain who kept the secret.
Rae Campbell writes novels that take the momentum of the thriller and the research of the historical novel and ask them to carry real moral weight. The work is drawn to power and its concealments: what the powerful bury, what individuals are made to carry, and what refuses to stay hidden. Two novels are complete: The Cranes of Ibycus, set in the shadows between espionage and the law, and Pallamaglio, set against the Battle of Trafalgar. Two more are under way: The Unicorn Horn and Tact and Delicacy.