D.E. Stevenson

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  • Bibliography:
    51 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1923
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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Dorothy Emily Stevenson
Born: November 18, 1892 - Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 30, 1973 (81)

Dorothy Emily Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on the 18th, November 1892. She is usually referred to as D. E. Stevenson and during her lifetime she wrote over 40 novels, which were published on both sides of the Atlantic.

She married Captain James Reid Peploe in 1916 and had four children. Her first book Peter West was published in 1923 but she did not really start to become a novelist until 1932 with the publication of her first "Mrs. Tim" book.

Dorothy Emily Stevenson died the 30th of December 1973 at the age of 81 and was buried in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland where she lived for many years.

Full Series List in Order

Ayrton Family

1 - Amberwell (Jan-1955)
2 - Summerhills (Jan-1956)

Bel Lamington

1 - Bel Lamington (Jan-1961)
2 - Fletcher's End (Apr-1962)

Drumberley

1 - Vittoria Cottage (May-1949)
2 - Music in the Hills (Jan-1950)
3 - Winter and Rough Weather // Shoulder the Sky (Apr-1951)

Gerald Burleigh Brown

1 - Gerald and Elizabeth (Sep-1969)
2 - The House of the Deer (Jan-1970)

Katherine

1 - Katherine Wentworth (Jan-1964)
2 - The Marriage of Katherine // Katherine's Marriage (Jul-1965)

Miss Buncle

1 - Miss Buncle's Book (Jan-1934)
2 - Miss Buncle Married (Jan-1936)
3 - The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Jan-1943)

Mrs. Tim

1 - Mrs. Tim of the Regiment // Mrs. Tim Christie (Jan-1932)
2 - Mrs. Tim Carries on (Jan-1941)
4 - Mrs. Tim Flies Home (Jan-1952)

Ryddelton

1 - Celia's House (Jan-1943)
2 - Listening Valley (Jan-1944)

Sarah Morris

1 - Sarah Morris Remembers (Jan-1967)
2 - Sarah's Cottage (Jan-1968)

Book List in Order: 51 titles

  • Peter West

    Beth Kerr is the daughter of the boatman in the small village of Kintoul. Her mother died at an early age, after an unhappy marriage that caused her family to cast her aside. As the years pass, Beth grows into a beautiful young woman, watched over by...

  • Mrs. Tim Christie // Mrs. Tim of the Regiment

    Vivacious, young Hester Christie tries to run her home like clockwork, as would befit the wife of British Army officer, Tim Christie. However hard Mrs Tim strives for seamless living amidst the other army wives, she is always moving flat-out to remem...

  • Mrs. Tim of the Regiment // Mrs. Tim Christie

    Mrs. Tim - 1

    Tenth May, 1934. At this moment I look up and see the Man Who Lives Next Door standing on his doorstep watching my antics, and disapproving (I feel sure) of my flowered silk dressing gown. Probably his own wife wears one of red flannel, and most cert...

  • Golden Days

    Mrs Tim goes to the Highlands of Scotland and is involved in a plot to rescue a naval officer from the toils of a siren; but, alas, the best laid plans "gang aft agley". The characters are skilfully drawn, from the fierce Mrs London with her heart of...

  • Miss Buncle's Book

    Miss Buncle - 1

    From beloved English author D.E. Stevenson who has sold more than 7 million books worldwide!In the first heartwarming book of this classic series, D.E. Stevenson proves that one little book can be the source of all kinds of trouble when residents of ...

  • The Young Clementina // Divorced From Reality

    Love, Loss, and Love Again...Charlotte Dean enjoys nothing more than the solitude of her London flat and the monotonous days of her work at a travel bookshop. But when her younger sister unceremoniously bursts into her quiet life one afternoon, Charl...

  • Miss Buncle Married

    Miss Buncle - 2

    From beloved English author D.E. Stevenson who has sold more than 7 million books worldwide!The next heart-warming installment in the life of charmingly nosy writer, Miss Buncle, who won't slow down for things as simple as marriage or a sudden move t...

  • A World in Spell // The Empty World

  • The Story of Rosabelle Shaw



  • Miss Bun, the Baker's Daughter // Baker's Daughter

    A masterpiece of light amusement from the remarkable D.E. Stevenson Sue Pringle shocks her family by her uncharacteristically impulsive decision to accept a post as housekeeper to Mr and Mrs Darnay, throwing their hopes of her marrying a local suitor...

  • The Baker's Daughter // Miss Bun, the Baker's Daughter

    When John Darnay's wife leaves him, independent and strongwilled young Sue Pringle decides to remain as his housekeeper in spite of what the people of their small Scottish village might say. It never occurs to her that she might fall in love with the...

  • Smoldering Fire

  • Green Money

    Green Money finds the well-loved author at her most irresistible. Romantic, energetic, at times wickedly funny, it is the humorous tale of the complications of a young Englishman who is made trustee of the late Mr. Green's large estate and guardi...

  • Alister and Co.

  • The English Air

    We must be very nice to him, said Mrs. Braithwaite, looking up at her daughter with large blue eyes.Nice to him! echoed Miss Braithwaite in some surprise. Well, of course we'll be nice to him. I mean, why shouldn't we?It's the spring of 1938, the thr...

  • Rochester's Wife

    When young doctor Kit Stone returns to Britain, a female associate of his brother Henry secures him a post in a country practice. He meets a selection of charming - and not-so-charming - characters and quickly settles in. But then he falls in love wi...

  • Mrs. Tim Carries on

    Mrs. Tim - 2

    There is so much War News in News Bulletins, in Newspapers, and so much talk about the war that I do not intend to write about it in my diary. Indeed my diary is a sort of escape from the war . . . though it is almost impossible to escape from the an...

  • Spring Magic

    Frances was free. She had enough money for her holiday, and when it was over she would find useful work. Her plans were vague, but she would have plenty of time to think things out when she got to Cairn. One thing only was certain -- she was never go...

  • Celia's House

    Ryddelton - 1

    There’s no place like homeCelia Dunne may be an old spinster, but she’s no fool. She knows that changing her will to leave the grand family estate, Dunnian, to her grand-nephew will ruffle feathers within the family. But Celia also knows that Dun...



  • The Two Mrs. Abbotts

    Miss Buncle - 3

    From beloved English author D.E. Stevenson who has sold more than 7 million books worldwide!The final charming installment in the life of nosy writer, Miss Buncle. Nothing goes unnoticed around Miss Buncle, even if she has to recruit more eyes.Much a...

  • Listening Valley

    Ryddelton - 2

    Antonia Melville was fragile and shy as an adolescent -- overshadowed by a beloved and adventurous sister, she often found contentment by slipping into the "listening valley" of her imagination. How Antonia emerges from her private cocoon is the subj...

  • The Four Graces

    No Matter What Life Throws at Them, the Grace Sisters Always Have Each OtherThe four Grace sisters -- Liz, Sal, Tilly, and Addie -- love their quiet life in the country village of Chevis Green. To some, their insular world might seem dull, but the si...

  • Kate Hardy

    "Do you know anything about her, Richard?""Nothing except that she lives in London, is obviously well off and very impulsive. . . . She bought the house as if it were-a bun. She bought it straight off without seeing it.""She must be mad!"The arrival ...

  • Mrs. Tim Gets a Job

    Miss Clutterbuck would like me to run the bar -- no, it can’t be that -- run the car, which has seen its best days but is still useful for shopping. Grace has told her I am patient and tactful, so (as she herself is neither the one nor the other) s...

  • Young Mrs. Savage

    Sometimes she wished she could stick up a large notice saying: "FOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT TOO MANY" . . .Raising four young children on her own in the years of postwar rationing, widowed Dinah tends to be the subject of sympathetic murmurs. But though sh...

  • Vittoria Cottage

    Drumberley - 1

    Caroline opened the door and saw Mr. Shepperton standing on the step. “Oh, it’s you!” she exclaimed in surprise.“Did you -- were you expecting someone else?” he asked.“Only the Queen,” replied Caroline, chuckling. “Don’t mind me,”...

  • Music in the Hills

    Drumberley - 2

    “I like Mureth,” declared Lady Shaw. “There’s something about Mureth.”“It does things to people,” Mamie agreed.Lady Shaw considered this. It sounded silly, but was it really silly. People said that Mamie Johnstone was a fool, and it was...

  • Winter and Rough Weather // Shoulder the Sky

    Drumberley - 3

    A London artist tries to adjust to her new life on a Scottish farm and, in painting everything around her, turns up some buried secrets and a long-hidden scandal....

  • Mrs. Tim Flies Home

    Mrs. Tim - 4

    Sometimes it is difficult to see clearly in what direction one’s duty lies (and especially difficult for people like myself with a husband in one part of the world and children in another) but Tim and I, talking it over together in cold blood, deci...



  • Five Windows

    David Kirke has five windows in his life. We follow him as he makes his way in the world from his sheltered childhood in the Scottish Border hills to a tall grey house in Edinburgh, a dingy London boarding house and his own attic flat high above a C...

  • Charlotte Fairlie // Blow the Wind Southerly // The Enchanted Isle

    Yes, her job was the loneliest in the world. No king, no dictator set high upon a pinnacle, was as friendless as the headmistress of a girls' school.Charlotte Fairlie loves her position at the illustrious St. Elizabeth's, but it's not without its cha...

  • The Enchanted Isle // Charlotte Fairlie // Blow the Wind Southerly

    Headmistress of a girl's school in England takes a vacation on an island and finds herself falling in love with a laird......

  • Amberwell

    Ayrton Family - 1

    Five young Ayrtons all grew up at Amberwell, playing in the gardens and preparing themselves to venture out into the world. To each of these children, Amberwell meant something different, but common to all of them was the idea that Amberwell was more...

  • Summerhills

    Ayrton Family - 2

    Summerhills continues the story of the lives and loves of the Ayrton family, in particular that of Major Roger Ayrton M.C., his brother and three young half-sisters. Roger has made the Army his career. Anne has settled down as housekeeper to old Mr O...

  • The Tall Stranger

    When Barbie has her fortune read from a tea-cup she is told to beware a tall stranger who will cross her path. Barbie France and the very charming Edward Steyne have known each other all their lives. They were childhood sweethearts, and Edward ass...

  • Still Glides the Stream

    Patty, her brother Rae, and their friend Will had always filled the grand old halls of Langford House with youthful laughter. War changed all that. It took Rae from them forever, and it brought Will back a man. Now Will and Patty, as man and woman...

  • The Musgraves

    How old you can grow in three years! It is only a fraction of time but to Esther Musgrave it seemed longer than all the rest of her life put together. In three years she had become an entirely different person-or so she felt.Following the death of he...

  • Bel Lamington

    Bel Lamington - 1

    Bel is an English country girl who moves to London and begins working as a secretary for a prominent shipping company. Eventually, shy Bell attracts the attention of Mr. Brownlee, a younger-ish partner at the firm. This causes discord in the office. ...

  • Fletcher's End

    Bel Lamington - 2

    Shortly before Bel's marriage to Ellis Brownlee, her friend, Louise Armstrong, goes house hunting for them and discovers a charming but neglected old stone cottage in the Cotswolds. Bel adores the house, called Fletchers End. Ellis buys the place fro...



  • The Blue Sapphire

    • / Historical Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Julia Harburn is engaged to the extremely proper Morland Beverly; and everyone expects them to marry and settle down. But an unexpected conversation with a handsome stranger on a London park bench has unforeseen results that alter the course of Julia...

  • Katherine Wentworth

    Katherine - 1

    A Scottish widow attempts to bring up her stepson and her own twins as their father would wish, in spite of an autocratic, interfering father-in-law....

  • The Marriage of Katherine // Katherine's Marriage

    Katherine - 2

  • The House on the Cliff

    When Elfrida Jane Ware inherits the House on the Cliff, she is determined to settle down to a quiet life and forget the man she once loved. But Devonshire is vastly different from the world she had known as a struggling young actress. Ignorant of loc...

  • Sarah Morris Remembers

    Sarah Morris - 1

    With the help of her old diaries, Sarah Morris recounts her life story. The daughter of an English vicar, she begins by telling of her happy childhood with her brothers and sister in their country village. As a teenager, Sarah's brother brings home a...

  • Sarah's Cottage

    Sarah Morris - 2

    Recently married to Charles, Sarah is furnishing a cottage in Scotland and starting on a life in sharp contrast to their wartime experiences. Their full entrance into village life is helped by Sarah's delightful grandparents, who have given them the ...

  • Crooked Adam

  • Gerald and Elizabeth

    Gerald Burleigh Brown - 1

    "When Gerald Burleigh-Brown decided to look up his sister Elizabeth in London, he was surprised to find her not only rich but famous as a star on the West End stage. But Bess was having problems that prevented her from marrying the man she loved. It ...

  • The House of the Deer

    Gerald Burleigh Brown - 2

    At short notice Gerald Burleigh Brown is asked to take a deer-stalking holiday in place of his brother-in-law. The old hunting lodge where Gerald stays is miles from the nearest village and surrounded by the forest with its high rocky hills. Apart fr...

  • Anna and Her Daughters

    When their father dies, none of the three Harcourt girls Helen, Jane and Rosalie are particularly upset. Gerald Harcourt was a distant figure in their lives and he is easily forgotten.The loss of the family’s income, however, is not something so ea...



  • Winter And Rough Weather

    Newlyweds Rhoda and James arrive at their new home, Boscath Farm House near the Scottish village of Mureth. James must adjust to the responsibility of running a sheep farm - and Rhoda, an accomplished artist used to the bright lights and bustle of Lo...

  • Smouldering Fire

    Iain stood for a few minutes on the little bridge that crossed the burn and looked at the house -- he felt that he had betrayed it. No people save his own had ever lived in the house, and now he had sold it into slavery. For three months it would she...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

D.E. Stevenson has published 51 books.

D.E. Stevenson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Smouldering Fire, was published in January 2019.

The first book by D.E. Stevenson, Peter West, was published in January 1923.

Yes. D.E. Stevenson has 9 series.
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