The White Riders is the fourth book in the Romney Marsh series of novels by Monica Edwards

Monica Edwards

Monica Edwards was an English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century best known for her Romney Marsh and Punchbowl Farm series of children's novels.-Early life:...

, published in 1950 by Collins

HarperCollins

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. It was the first book in the series to be illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam who subsequently illustrated all the following Romney Marsh titles (with the exception of A Wind Is Blowing

A Wind Is Blowing

A Wind is Blowing is the fifteenth and final book in the Romney Marsh series of novels by Monica Edwards, published in 1969 by Collins. This final book in the series features only Tamzin and Meryon of the usual four children; Rissa and Roger are staying at Punchbowl Farm in Surrey. When Meryon ‘has...

which had no illustrations).

To Tamzin’s horror, a property developer wants to turn Castle Farm and the surrounding Marsh into a holiday camp. With the help of Rissa, Meryon and Roger (and Mike from the farm), they attempt to frighten the superstitious man away by recreating the ghostly White Riders from the past.

Subsequent editions

• Collins reprint - 1960
• Puffin paperback - 1956, 1961, 1964, 1965
• Rabén & Sjögren (Stockholm) - 1959. Swedish hardback translation: Der vita ryttarna.
• John Goodchild - 1984 New edition (updated and abridged)