An Enemy at Green Knowe
core novel 1964 Green Knowe
Record
| First published | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (1,253 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152024758 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
An Enemy at Green Knowe is the fifth novel in Lucy M. Boston's Green Knowe series, set once again at the ancient house of Green Knowe, home to Mrs. Oldknow and her young visitors Tolly and Ping. Mrs. Oldknow tells the children of Doctor Vogel, a tutor and necromancer who came to a diabolical end at the house centuries earlier, and whose occult papers are said to remain hidden somewhere on the property. Into this history steps Professor Melanie D. Powers, an unsettling newcomer who arrives ostensibly as a scholar but is in fact hunting for Vogel's forbidden manuscripts and the power they promise. As her true intentions become apparent, Tolly and Ping find themselves drawn into a mounting confrontation between the protective, benevolent magic long associated with Green Knowe and the malevolent forces Powers represents, testing the house's old defenses against a determined new enemy.
Where it sits
- Universe: Green Knowe
- Series: Green Knowe core; position 5 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lucy M. Boston
Notes
- ISBN recorded is the Harcourt Young Classics edition (2002); the 1964 first edition predates ISBNs.
- From the series record (Green Knowe): Core Canon = all six novels; complete sequence, no companion material.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Green Knowe: position 5 of 6: previous A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961) · next The Stones of Green Knowe (1976)
Sources
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