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ⓘ About Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce
Ursula Joyce Torday was born February 19, 1912 in London, England. She was the daughter of mixed parentage; her dad, Emil Torday, was a Hungarian anthropologist and her mom, Gaia Rose MacDonald, was Scottish. Ursula studied at Kensington High School in London before going to Oxford University, where she got a BA in English at Lady Margaret Hall College. Later, she got a Social Science Certificate at London School of Economics. During the 1930s, she wrote her first three novels under own name. The first of which, called “The Ballad-Maker of Paris”, was released in the year 1935. Besides writing under her own name, she also publishes under the names of Paula Allardyce, Charity Blackstock, Charlotte Keppel, and Lee Blackstock.
All Book Series by Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce
The Melon in the Cornfield
Book 24 of 52 · published 1969 Pen name · Charity Blackstock
The Lonely Strangers
Book 28 of 52 · published 1972 Pen name · Charity Blackstock
People in glass houses
Book 35 of 52 · published 1975 Pen name · Charity Blackstock
My Name Is Clary Brown
Book 37 of 52 · published 1976 Pen name · Charlotte Keppel
I Met Murder on the Way
Book 44 of 52 · published 1977 Pen name · Charity Blackstock, With: Sam Peffer
The Ghosts of Fontenoy
Book 50 of 52 · published 1981 Pen name · Charlotte Keppel
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce?
Ursula Joyce Torday was born February 19, 1912 in London, England. She was the daughter of mixed parentage; her dad, Emil Torday, was a Hungarian anthropologist and her mom, Gaia Rose MacDonald, was Scottish. Ursula studied at Kensington High School in London before going to Oxford University, where she got a BA in English at Lady Margaret Hall College.
Which Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce series should I start with?
Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Adam and Evelina (1956).
How many books has Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce written?
Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce has 52 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1956 and 2020. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 52 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce's books organised into series?
This guide splits Charity Blackstock / Paula Allardyce's 52 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (52 books).