Rosemary Rowe / Aitken

Rosemary Aitken is an English author born Rosemary Rowe in the British town Of Penzance, Cornwall during World War II. She is best known for the writing of several historical, mystery, romance, academic books and publications over the years. She moved to New Zealand with her parents while she was still a girl and would go to school and later get married before moving back to Britain in 1967.

The best place to start is the Cornish Sagas series, the earliest of Rosemary Rowe / Aitken's multi-book series: it opens with The Girl from Penvarris (1995) and runs to 7 books across 1995–2009, ending with A Cornish Maid (2009). Rosemary Rowe / Aitken's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Rosemary Rowe / Aitken has 37 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1995 and 2023. 27 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain series with 20 books — and 10 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rosemary Rowe / Aitken's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cornish Sagas (1995–2009, 7 books) and Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain (1999–2023, 20 books).

This guide splits Rosemary Rowe / Aitken's 37 books into 2 named series and 10 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain (20 books, 1999–2023); Cornish Sagas (7 books, 1995–2009).