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Norah Lofts
(Norah Robinson Lofts)
(1904 - 1983)aka Juliet Astley, Peter Curtis
Norah Lofts, best-selling author on both sides of the Atlantic, was born in Norfolk. She taught English and History at a girls' school before turning to writing full time. She also wrote under the pen name of Peter Curtis. A passion for old houses and their history inspired her classic 'House' trilogy, The Town House, The House at Old Vine and The House at Sunset. This meticulously researched trilogy of historical romances spans more than five centuries of Suffolk history, starting with Martin Reed, a fourteenth century serf and concluding with Frances Benyon in the mid 1950s. Lofts wrote more than 50 books, including historical non-fiction and short stories.
Genres: Historical Romance, Historical, Horror, Mystery
Series
Suffolk House
1. The Town House (1959)
2. The House at Old Vine (1961)
3. The House at Sunset (1962)
1. The Town House (1959)
2. The House at Old Vine (1961)
3. The House at Sunset (1962)
Novels
Here Was a Man (1936)
White Hell of Pity (1937)
Blossom Like the Rose (1939)
Hester Roon (1940)
Scent of Cloves (1940)
The Brittle Glass (1942)
Michael and All Angels (1943)
aka The Golden Fleece
You're Best Alone (1943) (as by Peter Curtis)
Jassy (1944)
Lady Living Alone (1944) (as by Peter Curtis)
To See a Fine Lady (1946)
Silver Nutmeg (1947)
A Calf for Venus (1949)
aka Letty
Esther (1950)
The Lute Player (1951)
Bless This House (1954)
Eleanor the Queen (1955)
aka Queen in Waiting
The Road to Revelation (1955)
aka Winter Harvest
The Devil in Clevely (1956)
aka Afternoon of an Autocrat / The Deadly Gift
Dead March in Three Keys (1959) (as by Peter Curtis)
aka Bride of Moat House / No Question of Murder
The Witches (1960) (as by Peter Curtis)
aka The Devil's Own / Little Wax Doll
The Concubine (1963)
Her Own Special Island (1965)
aka Uneasy Paradise
How Far to Bethlehem (1965)
Heaven in Your Hand (1966)
The King's Pleasure (1969)
The Lost Queen (1969)
aka The Lost Ones
Madselin (1969)
Out of This Nettle (1969)
The Little Wax Doll (1970)
Lovers All Untrue (1970)
The Maude Reed Tale (1971)
aka Story of Maude Reed
A Rose for Virtue (1971)
Charlotte (1972)
aka Out of the Dark
Requiem for Idols (1972)
Rupert Hatton's Story (1972)
aka Rupert Hatton's Tales
Nethergate (1973)
Crown of Aloes (1974)
Checkmate (1975)
Walk into My Parlour (1975)
The Fall of Midas (1975) (as by Juliet Astley)
Copsi Castle (1978) (as by Juliet Astley)
The Day of the Butterfly (1979)
A Wayside Tavern (1980)
The Old Priory (1981)
The Claw (1981)
Pargeters (1984)
White Hell of Pity (1937)
Blossom Like the Rose (1939)
Hester Roon (1940)
Scent of Cloves (1940)
The Brittle Glass (1942)
Michael and All Angels (1943)
aka The Golden Fleece
You're Best Alone (1943) (as by Peter Curtis)
Jassy (1944)
Lady Living Alone (1944) (as by Peter Curtis)
To See a Fine Lady (1946)
Silver Nutmeg (1947)
A Calf for Venus (1949)
aka Letty
Esther (1950)
The Lute Player (1951)
Bless This House (1954)
Eleanor the Queen (1955)
aka Queen in Waiting
The Road to Revelation (1955)
aka Winter Harvest
The Devil in Clevely (1956)
aka Afternoon of an Autocrat / The Deadly Gift
Dead March in Three Keys (1959) (as by Peter Curtis)
aka Bride of Moat House / No Question of Murder
The Witches (1960) (as by Peter Curtis)
aka The Devil's Own / Little Wax Doll
The Concubine (1963)
Her Own Special Island (1965)
aka Uneasy Paradise
How Far to Bethlehem (1965)
Heaven in Your Hand (1966)
The King's Pleasure (1969)
The Lost Queen (1969)
aka The Lost Ones
Madselin (1969)
Out of This Nettle (1969)
The Little Wax Doll (1970)
Lovers All Untrue (1970)
The Maude Reed Tale (1971)
aka Story of Maude Reed
A Rose for Virtue (1971)
Charlotte (1972)
aka Out of the Dark
Requiem for Idols (1972)
Rupert Hatton's Story (1972)
aka Rupert Hatton's Tales
Nethergate (1973)
Crown of Aloes (1974)
Checkmate (1975)
Walk into My Parlour (1975)
The Fall of Midas (1975) (as by Juliet Astley)
Copsi Castle (1978) (as by Juliet Astley)
The Day of the Butterfly (1979)
A Wayside Tavern (1980)
The Old Priory (1981)
The Claw (1981)
Pargeters (1984)
Collections
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Norah Lofts
Award nominations
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Norah Lofts recommends
The Marigold Field (1969)
(Whitman Saga, book 1)
Diane Pearson
"I read it with the utmost joy and admiration. It is so real, so down to earth, so very true, so sad, in places even so funny... a splendid book."
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