Marlow Timeline

The modern Marlow stories begin in Autumn Term with the girls returning to boarding school for the start of the school year, and the latest novel, Run Away Home, takes place in the Christmas holidays two and a bit years later. The diagram below shows the periods covered by each book. (There is also a text version for non-graphical browsers.)

1st autumn    Autumn Term
1st winter 
1st spring 
  The Marlows and the Traitor
1st summer 
  Falconer's Lure
2nd autumn    End of Term
2nd winter    Peter's Room
  The Thuggery Affair
2nd spring    The Ready-Made Family
  The Cricket Term
2nd summer 
3rd autumn    The Attic Term
3rd winter    Run Away Home

Autumn Term = autumn term, The Marlows and the Traitor = Easter holidays, Falconer's Lure = summer holidays, End of Term = autumn term, Peter's Room = Christmas holidays, The Thuggery Affair = February half-term, The Ready-Made Family = Easter holidays, The Cricket Term = summer term, The Attic Term = autumn term, Run Away Home = Christmas holidays.