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Savannah Quartet

by Eugenia Price

The Savannah Quartet series by Eugenia Price has 4 known books (4 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Savannah (1983).

Books
4 known books (4 novels)
Published
4
First published
1983
Status
completed
Shelved under
Historical Fiction
Start here: Savannah (1983) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Savannah
Savannah (1983)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Savannah

    Novel
    Eugenia Price opened the Savannah Quartet in 1983 with Savannah, her longest entry in the series at 608 pages. It introduces Mark Browning, a young man who comes under the mentorship of real Savannah merchant Robert Mackay and his wife Eliza, launching a multi-generational portrait of the real Browning, Mackay and Stiles families from the War of 1812 through the Civil War era.
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  2. To See Your Face Again

    Novel
    To See Your Face Again followed two years later, in 1985, at 546 pages. It continues the overlapping-generations structure that makes the Savannah Quartet Price's most structurally ambitious series, widening the portrait of Savannah's merchant class as the Mackay and Stiles family stories move toward the Civil War era.
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  3. Before the Darkness Falls

    Novel
    Before the Darkness Falls continued the quartet in 1987, two years after To See Your Face Again. As the third book, it deepens the historical weight bearing down on the Browning, Mackay and Stiles families as Savannah's entanglement with slavery and approaching war intensifies.
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  4. Stranger in Savannah

    Novel
    Price closed the series in 1989 with Stranger in Savannah, the fourth and final book at 755 pages, its longest since the opener. It brings the multi-generational Browning, Mackay and Stiles saga to its conclusion as the Civil War era closes in on the real Savannah families the quartet is built around.
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Key facts about the Savannah Quartet series

Our list has 4 books in the Savannah Quartet series. Since all 4 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Savannah, since it opens the publication order in 1983. To See Your Face Again is book 2, from 1985. Before the Darkness Falls is book 3, from 1987. Stranger in Savannah is book 4, from 1989.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 1983 and 1989, while their length runs from 1 to 755 pages. That is a run of 6 years.

Eugenia Price has 14 books on our list. Additionally, they write St. Simons Trilogy, Florida Trilogy and Georgia Trilogy. We shelve the books under historical fiction.

About the Savannah Quartet series

The Savannah Quartet follows the real Browning, Mackay and Stiles families of Savannah, Georgia, from the War of 1812 through the Civil War era. It opens with Mark Browning, a young man who comes under the mentorship of real Savannah merchant Robert Mackay and his wife Eliza -- herself a descendant of the McQueen family Price had already documented in the Florida Trilogy -- and widens across the four novels into a multi-generational portrait of Savannah's merchant class and its entanglement with slavery, war, and the city's own turbulent 19th-century history. It's the most structurally ambitious of Price's series: four books following overlapping generations of the same interconnected families rather than a single continuous protagonist, with the historical emphasis deepening across the later volumes as the Mackay and Stiles family stories move toward the Civil War.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Savannah Quartet?

Four: Savannah (1983), To See Your Face Again (1985), Before the Darkness Falls (1987), and Stranger in Savannah (1989).

What families does the Savannah Quartet follow?

The real Browning, Mackay and Stiles families of Savannah, Georgia, from the War of 1812 through the Civil War era.

Is the Savannah Quartet connected to Eugenia Price's Florida Trilogy?

Yes -- Eliza Mackay, a central figure in the Savannah Quartet, descends from the McQueen family documented a generation earlier in the Florida Trilogy.

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