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ⓘ About Dilly Court
Fans of Downton Abbey will love her books, as well. Filled with nostalgia, pacy stories, and great plucky heroines, all of which are set during the turn-of-the-twentieth century London. Dilly spends a long time researching her novels and fully enters the world when she’s writing in her infamous Engine room. Each day, Dilly begins at 8:30 and writes until lunch time. Some days she’ll get so immersed in her story that she forgets everything and time will pass so fast that, by the time she finally does stop, she can’t believe two to three hours have gone by. She’s been in some other world her characters who make their own story up actually inhabit.
All Book Series by Dilly Court
The Shopkeeper's Daughter
Book 22 of 41 · published 2013 Pen name · Lily Baxter
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Dilly Court?
Fans of Downton Abbey will love her books, as well. Filled with nostalgia, pacy stories, and great plucky heroines, all of which are set during the turn-of-the-twentieth century London. Dilly spends a long time researching her novels and fully enters the world when she’s writing in her infamous Engine room.
Which Dilly Court series should I start with?
The best place to start is The River Maid series, the earliest of Dilly Court's multi-book series: it opens with The River Maid (2018) and runs to 3 books across 2018, ending with The Christmas Rose (2018). Dilly Court's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Dilly Court written?
Dilly Court has 55 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2005 and 2027. 14 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Rockwood Chronicles series with 8 books — and 41 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Dilly Court's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dilly Court's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The River Maid (2018, 3 books), The Village Secrets (2019–2020, 3 books) and Rockwood Chronicles (2021–2025, 8 books).
How are Dilly Court's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dilly Court's 55 books into 3 named series and 41 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Rockwood Chronicles (8 books, 2021–2025); The River Maid (3 books, 2018); The Village Secrets (3 books, 2019–2020).