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Elizabeth Pewsey Books in Order

Explore Elizabeth Pewsey books in order, including the Mountjoy novels, children's fantasy adventures, and fiction published under her Elizabeth Aston name.

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Children Of Chance

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1994

Prue Pagan's sheltered upbringing contrasts with Cleo Byng's unconventional artistic household. As the schoolfriends take holiday jobs in northern England, their encounters with the Mountjoy family expose them to unfamiliar social worlds and competing moral expectations.

Quinta's carefully organized life as a violin maker and single mother is disrupted when her recently jilted friend Lydia arrives. Amid Eyot's cathedral society, romantic complications and a chaos theorist threaten Quinta's preference for orderly living.

The Talking Head

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1996

Gilly and Hal enter a strange land beyond ordinary time, where a talking severed head demands their help. Accompanied by Tuan and the boy Lugh, they confront a quest tied to the dangers facing Vemoria.

Unholy Harmonies

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1996

Musician Justinia FitzOdo tries to fulfill the expectations of marriage and Eyot's cathedral community. An unsettling stranger disrupts her dutiful existence, drawing her into desires and intrigues that challenge the life others have arranged for her.

Volcanic Airs

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1996

Magdalena Mountjoy escapes her troublesome husband Valdemar for the Sicilian island of Aeolus. Her hoped-for retreat becomes complicated when friends and relatives arrive, bringing the romantic entanglements and family problems she wanted to leave behind.

The Dewstone Quest

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1997

Gilly and Hal follow Ben into the Otherworld, where time has shifted and the dragon Tarquin joins their adventure. Their search for the Dewstone becomes dangerous as enemies seek the mysterious object's power for themselves.

Unaccustomed Spirits

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1997

Recovering from shingles and postponing her wedding, Cleo Byng stays at her cousin's decaying Haphazard House. Christmas visitors, resident ghosts, and a threat of demolition complicate her convalescence in a household with troubles of its own.

Brotherly Love

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1998

Mimi's husband Edmund Mountjoy struggles to finish his book about the Templars. When his mother goes abroad, his brothers descend on their household, disrupting Mimi's work and exposing the tensions beneath the family's everyday arrangements.

The Walled City

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1998

Scarlet escapes through the arch into the Walled City, a place inhabited by soothsayers beyond ordinary time. Finding Ivar's bones draws her toward the captive Uthar, while Tuan faces a threat to Vemoria's survival.

Hand of Doume

by Elizabeth Pewsey

1999

Beanbag and Wilf arrive in Valderk, capital of the Kingdom of Doume, a strange country in central Europe. Their visit draws them into bizarre happenings in a world inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and other legendary creatures.

Losing Larry

by Elizabeth Pewsey

2000

In 1959, idealistic communist Larry Dunne leaves London to teach in Budapest. A neighbor's murder brings police scrutiny, and Larry's subsequent disappearance forces his friends to investigate a country far removed from his political expectations.

The Way of the World

by Elizabeth Pewsey

2003

With their parents abroad, the five Darcy daughters enter London society in 1818. Intelligent Camilla navigates suitors, parties, and her sisters' contrasting ambitions while confronting the restrictions imposed on women in the Regency marriage market.

Writing Jane Austen

by Elizabeth Pewsey

2010

After an acclaimed debut, Georgina Jackson cannot finish her second novel. Her agent offers a different assignment: complete Jane Austen's unfinished manuscript, forcing Georgina to read an author she has avoided and reconsider her own writing.

Travels and Travails

by Elizabeth Pewsey

2014

Profiles of eight women travelers trace journeys spanning two centuries, from exploration and artistic travel to aviation and sailing. Written for younger readers, the book examines the experiences and obstacles behind these women's ventures abroad.

Standalone Elizabeth Pewsey books

  1. Book cover for "Children Of Chance"

    Children Of Chance

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1994Mountjoy, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Divine Comedy / The World, the Flesh and the Bishop"

    Divine Comedy / The World, the Flesh and the Bishop

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1995Mountjoy, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Talking Head"

    The Talking Head

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1996
  4. Book cover for "Unholy Harmonies"

    Unholy Harmonies

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1996Mountjoy, Book 3
  5. Book cover for "Volcanic Airs"

    Volcanic Airs

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1996Mountjoy, Book 4
  6. Book cover for "The Dewstone Quest"

    The Dewstone Quest

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1997
  7. Book cover for "Unaccustomed Spirits"

    Unaccustomed Spirits

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1997Mountjoy, Book 5
  8. Book cover for "Brotherly Love"

    Brotherly Love

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1998Mountjoy, Book 6
  9. Book cover for "The Walled City"

    The Walled City

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1998
  10. Book cover for "Hand of Doume"

    Hand of Doume

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    1999
  11. Book cover for "Losing Larry"

    Losing Larry

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    2000
  12. Book cover for "The Way of the World"

    The Way of the World

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    2003
  13. Book cover for "Writing Jane Austen"

    Writing Jane Austen

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    2010
  14. Book cover for "Travels and Travails"

    Travels and Travails

    by Elizabeth Pewsey

    2014

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