Stella Benson: 5 books

As Constantine stumped in on his hobnailed soles, Mr. White--who was evidently not a very tactful man--said, "Oh, are you another deserter from the Foreign Legion?" "I am Constantine Andreievitch Soloviev," said Constantine, surprised. He spoke and understood English almost perfectly...

They were interrupted, not by the expected Mayor, but by a young woman, who came violently in by the street door, rushed into the middle of the room, and got under the table. The members, in surprise, pushed back their chairs and made ladylike noises of protest and inquiry. "They're after me,"...

Jory Berg Alexander is beautiful, talented, cultured, refined and well educateda sophisticated young San Francisco socialite and a recent graduate of the oldest and most prestigious all-girls boarding school in the Maryland hunt country. She is also an accomplished equestrian who received national...

In the spring of 1916, we meet orphaned sister and brother Jay and Kew Martin in London. Jay (real name Jane Elizabeth) has run away from her strange, claustrophobic, interfering, well-heeled family to the simplicities of the ‘Brown Borough’ (otherwise Hackney), to live amongst its working-class...

It's 1915 and a witch on the run from the police stumbles in to a committee meeting and, by her mere presence, changes the life of everyone there. The story unfolds with dream-logic, full of humour, delightful characters (dragons, invisible mayors, fairy gardeners and a wizard), and unforgettable...