Monica Edwards - Romney Marsh Series

Romney Marsh Series

Beginning with Wish for a Pony in 1947, Edwards altogether wrote fifteen titles in the Romney Marsh series of novels. These were set in the village of Rye Harbour which was renamed Westling. The Romney Marsh towns of Rye and Winchelsea were also renamed Dunsford and Winklesea respectively. The stories feature many real-life characters (with changed names) which the author remembered from her childhood there, such as the ferryman Jim Decks and the villainous Hookey Galley. The principal characters in the novels are Tamzin Grey, Rissa Birnie, Meryon Fairbrass and Roger Lambert. Tamzin's father, the Reverend Richard Grey, was based on Edwards' father, the Reverend Harry Newton.

The complete list of Romney Marsh novels is:

• Wish for a Pony (1947)
• The Summer of the Great Secret (1948)
• The Midnight Horse (1949)
• The White Riders (1950)
• Cargo of Horses (1951)
• Hidden in a Dream (1952)
• Storm Ahead (1953)
• No Entry (1954)
• The Nightbird (1955)
• Operation Seabird (1957)
• Strangers to the Marsh (1957)
• No Going Back (1960)
• The Hoodwinkers (1962)
• Dolphin Summer (1963)
• A Wind Is Blowing (1969)