 "The Queen's Quair" was cited as an influence by Ford Madox Ford, who said that "The Queen's Quair" "taught me a good deal".Hewlett also wrote six novels based on the Icelandic Family sagas, these include "The Light Heart" and "Thorgils of Treadholt".Hewlett also wrote "The Outlaw" (based on "Gisli's Saga"), "A Lover's Tale" (based on "Kormak's Saga"), "Frey and His Wife" (based on Ogmund Dytt's tale), and "Gudred the Fair" (based on the "Greenland sagas").