Elizabeth Goudge: 16 books

Against the pomp and pageantry of turbulent seventeenthcentury England, Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter, the proud and beautiful secret wife of Charles II. 



From her early childhood in a castle by the sea in Wales—evoked as only Elizabeth Goudge can evoke the joys...

“One was born a certain sort of person, and though by ceaseless struggle one might become as nice as that sort of person ever is, one could never become as nice as a nicer sort of person.” —Elizabeth Goudge, Towers in the Mist It is late sixteenth-century London when awkward teenage Faithful...

In the raw aftermath of World War II, the Wentworth family faces fundamental questions about living together and loving each other despite their differences. John Wentworth, a country vicar caught between leading his family and his church, is far less ineffectual than he feels himself to be. His wife...

Retiré dans un petit village de l’ouest de l’Angleterre, Zachary, déserteur de quinze ans qui ne supporte plus l’horreur de la vie à bord, tente d’oublier ses peurs – et de se faire oublier. C’est sur la « Colline aux Gentianes », butte surmontée d’une chapelle au-dessus du port...

An impossible choice…and a lifetime of care and nurture could vanish in a moment.Introducing the beloved trilogy that has captured the hearts and imaginations of the many fans of bestselling author Elizabeth Goudge. The Bird in the Tree takes place in England in 1938, and follows a close-knit...

The captivating story of the world’s favorite saint is now retold for a modern audience by one of the great novelists of our time. Perhaps more than any other figure in Christian history since Jesus Christ, Saint Francis of Assisi has captured our imagination, for his is a story of extreme...

Le livre Une rue peut être un univers, l’endroit où tout se joue. Lorsque sa famille emménage rue du Dauphin-Vert, en plein dix-neuvième siècle, dans une bourgade des îles Anglo-Normandes, William se lie d’amitié avec la jolie Marguerite et la grave Marianne, toutes deux ses voisines. On...

**"I absolutely adored The Little White Horse."--J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series Winner of the Carnegie Medal** When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she's entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin,...

Mary Lindsay is a born-and-bred Londoner who has enjoyed her city lifea prestigious job, and friends with whom she takes in the pleasures of theatre, art and music. But fleeting memories of a childhood visit to her fathers elderly cousin out in the country are revived with the news that the woman has...

Book Two: The Eliot Family TrilogyFew understood David Eliot's anguish at losing Nadine. He came back from the war a shattered and lonely man. But his return to the Eliot family refuge on England's Hampshire coast is gradually pushing back the dark waters of soul and spirit. Nadine and...

In a remote mid-nineteenth-century English town, cathedral Dean Adam Ayscough holds a deep love for his parishioners and townspeople, though he is held captive by an irrational shyness and, ironically, an intimidating manner. Yet when an obscure watchmaker who does not think he and God have anything...

When William Ozanne departs the British Channel Islands for a new life in the Royal Navy, he leaves behind sisters Marianne and Marguerite Le Patourel in the clutches of love and longing. A letter to their father finds its way back, requesting William’s beloved to join him in New Zealand, and the...

When Nan, Robert, Timothy, and Betsy's father went off to explore in Egypt, he left the children with their grandmother who lived in the English countryside. Unfortunately she did not much like children, much less their dog, Absalom. So the children ran away to stay with their Uncle Ambrose, an eccentric,...

Elizabeth Goudge’s first novel is set in the Channel Islands during the late 1800s. It’s a story of one family’s struggle to connect with one another, heal, and persevere.The year is 1888. Rachell and André du Frocq live on a run-down farm in the town of St. Pierre, on one of the Channel...