Jill Tattersall Books In Order

Publication Order of West Mead Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Jill Tattersall is an accomplished author.

She was conceived in India, where her father worked as a Governor of a province of British India. The author ended up being born in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The family moved to England once more in 1931. They would eventually settle down growing apples in Maldon, Essex. Today, Jill resides in Nanny Cay.

The author was married to Robin Tattersall by the sixties, a man who sailed and enjoyed being an equestrian. Robin was a surgeon in the United Kingdom but desired having a general medical practice, something that didn’t seem that likely in the United Kingdom. Jill looked into various locations overseas, but eventually found a surgeon’s post in the BVI and chose there as it was an optimal location for sailing and riding.

The couple had children together, James, Mark, Simon, and Johnny. They left behind their Wimbledon house in 1965 and headed for the Caribbean on a banana boat. The pair had built a sloop in Wales named Summer’s Cloud after the first novel Jill had written and took it with them, along with all of their things in chests and their furniture. Jill would write a short story about the trip for British magazine Woman’s Own, titled “Storm Passage to Paradise”.

The family came to St. Lucia first, stopped in Grenada, arrived to Tortola and found out that the ship would not do well in the waters and the red sails made it dangerous as others could not see them easily. Once they got to Tortola, they did not use it much more.

The team stayed at the Fort Burt Hotel and later the Treasure Isle Hotel. They then relocated to an under-construction house and then to the Greenbanks Estate. Life was much more simple and Robin even got a horse allowance to help him with his work for emergency transport. The island had many donkeys but not that many motor vehicles. They were able to get a Volkswagen Beetle later and it was used quite a bit by the family.

The fridge was also an icebox, but they eventually got electricity. Using a telephone was very simple, as they used a wind up phone to get in contact with others. The family did not find that everyone welcomed them to the island, which was partly understandable because there were not many foreigners relocating there at the time. However, it didn’t take too long before multiple demonstrations were made supporting the family being allowed to stay there, which they did, and things quickly improved and people were much more friendly.

Robin was also preoccupied at the time working at the hospital but they also let him set up his own clinic. It was also easier and quicker to sail to the hospital on the way from his house, so he did so frequently.

Much has changed since then. An airport was opened by the Royal Engineers, which brought in more tourists. The Queen visited in 1966, which prompted road and bridge network improvements. Electricity began to spread, and more rum distilleries have closed than were originally open at the time.

Jill also helped with the medical practice, since she was a trained occupational therapist. She also made her way out to the islands to different clinics in their motorboat. Jill and Robin purchased a private clinic in 1976 and moved residence. This was supposed to be a hotel originally, but it never opened.

Jill would teach her children when they were young but also developed her own curriculum vitae. She has also been a Reuter’s correspondent for the BVI. She has penned many books in the nonfiction and fiction genre and has written poetry and become known for her watercolor works.

The author was also actively involved in serving her community on the BVI. She did so in many different ways, including participating on the Library Committee. She has used her spare time to become a local historian as well as archaeologist. She has a knowledge of many different place name origins and is an expert on the Carib and the Arawak’s lost languages.

Today her sons reside in different places around the world. Jill has since been divorced but doesn’t have any plans to move. She wants to remain in the BVI with its ideal climate and stays busy all the time. She continues to paint and write and help out with birding.

Enchanter’s Castle is an early fictional book from Jill Tattersall. It was first published in 1966. If you have been looking for something unique to read, give this debut book a try!

The land of North Wales is full of wild mountain country. It’s a barbaric and foreign land to the majority of English people living in 1798. This is an opinion held despite many poets writing down the various beauty of the pools and gorges there.

Pedita Draycott has never been able to make it outside of London in the seventeen years that she has been alive. She has been impressed enough by traveling across England on mail coach, arriving at Dinas Pennant, and meeting the two young kids she’ll be charged with.

It was not too long before she started to notice an air of mystery that extended to everyone who was at the castle. Sir Garteth Glynn Owen is the one employing her. He may not have as much money as he did, but he is more caught up about the circumstances around the death of his father.

Everyone on the estate was suspicious at the English girl with the fair hair who was not able to speak their language, and on top of that, there was an old legend of cursed gold stowed away somewhere in the mountains. This is an intriguing tale so check out this classic fantasy work and get a copy of Enchanter’s Castle to find out what happens!

Lady Ingram’s Room is another fiction book from author Jill Tattersall. This book was released in 1970 for readers to enjoy.

Arabel comes from a good family, but the young lady decides to get away from it all. She takes up a job working as a governess for the home of a widower. There she tends to his little girl, who is without a mother.

She also makes the decision to look into the room that used to belong to Lady Ingram. Will this be a mistake? Arabel really wants to find out what happened. Can she stave off her curiosity or will it lead her into a situation she cannot escape? Read this book to find out!