Emily Goes to Exeter
- Published
- 1 November 1990
- Pages
- 151
- ISBN-13
- 9780312050788
- Type
- novel
About this book
Emily Goes to Exeter opens the Travelling Matchmaker series in November 1990, sending former housekeeper Hannah Pym -- newly wealthy and determined to see England by stagecoach rather than settle into quiet retirement -- on her first matchmaking mission. Written under the M.C. Beaton name, it runs 151 pages.
Key facts about Emily Goes to Exeter
M. C. Beaton wrote Emily Goes to Exeter, a novel on our list. It has been out since November 1990. The book has 151 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312050788 to find the main one.
Emily Goes to Exeter is book 1 of 6 in the Travelling Matchmaker series. The series has 6 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and A House for the Season, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.
About M. C. Beaton
M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.
Its place in Travelling Matchmaker
Emily Goes to Exeter is book 1 in the Travelling Matchmaker series. It is followed by Belinda Goes to Bath. See the full Travelling Matchmaker reading order.
Hannah Pym is a middle-aged former housekeeper who inherits an unexpected fortune from her late employer and decides to spend it seeing England by stagecoach instead of settling into quiet retirement. In each of the six Travelling Matchmaker novels, Hannah's journey to a different English city brings her into contact with a young woman or couple whose romantic prospects have gone wrong — through family interference, misplaced pride, or plain bad luck — and Hannah, with her sharp eye for character and no patience…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312050788