Research and the Penelopes

Several books focus with magical research, the work of the Penelopes, or both. Listed in chronological order.  

 

Pastiche 

  1906   Mason assists Richard and Alysoun with an investigation of stained glass of dubious origin using sympathetic magic.

Cover of Complementary. Two women in Edwardian dress in silhouette stand talking with each other. One is taller and calmer, the other is shorter, gesturing. They are on a green background, with an artist's palette in the bottom right.

 

Complementary 

  1910   Mason's romance (with Rosemary), while investigating an artist's colony.

Cover of Wards of the Roses. A man and woman in 1920s clothing silhouetted on a red background that shades to vivid orange-peach at the bottom. A rose is inset in the top right.

Wards of the Roses

  1920   Investigation of a mysterious reappearing house. The Penelopes assist at the end.

The Fossil Door

  1922   Gabe helps Rathna investigate a failed portal near Glencoe.

The Hare and the Oak

  1926   Lucy Doyle and other Penelopes help investigate after an event late in the book.

Old As The Hills

  1939-1940   A project of the Penelopes led by Gabe relates to the esoteric groups active during World War 2.

Four students in silhouette on a blue background of a map off the west coast of Wales. Three stand around a table, the fourth is perched on the near corner, leaning forward and gesturing.

The Magic of Four

  September 1946 through June 1947   This book finds Avigail applying some of the skills she's begun to learn from her father and other Penelopes - and another particular connection to that kind of applied research.
 

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