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The Bagthorpe Saga is a series of books written by author Helen Cresswell.

Background

The saga follows the lives of the Bagthorpe family, who live in Unicorn House in an unspecified part of the UK. The nearest large settlement is the (presumably) fictional town of Aysham. They have big funny moments like setting on fire and flooding the house, writing on the walls and having television series people to come round to film at their destroyed home. But thats a normal day for the Bagthorpe family!

Books in the Saga

Main Characters

Parents

Children

Three of the four children are very gifted and work assiduously at the 'strings to their bow'. Boasting about their many talents is not regarded as boasting but as 'taking a just pride in their accomplishments'. Only Jack is ordinary.

Other Family Members

  • Grace Bagthorpe: Mother of Henry Bagthorpe. She and her husband Alfred live with the other Bagthorpes at Unicorn House. Henry Bagthorpe is her favourite son as he is always on for a good argument, and is moreover easy to goad into an argument. However, she would never admit this, even under torture.
  • Alfred Bagthorpe: Father of Henry Bagthorpe. Unlike all the other Bagthorps he lives a quiet life, enjoying fishing and watching television with the sound turned off. Both watching television without sound and his ability to live a peaceful parallel life in the Bagthorpe household, can be attributed to his reduced hearing.
  • Celia Parker: Daughter of Grace and Alfred, and sister to Henry. Married to Russell Parker. Their home, a short distance from Unicorn House, is called The Knoll. Celia wears cheesecloth in the manner of a dishevelled Greek heroine. She writes poetry and can finish The Times crossword faster than Henry Bagthorpe
  • Russell Parker: Husband of Celia Parker. He appears to have a large private income and also enjoys goading Henry Bagthorpe into massive arguments.
  • Daisy Parker: The precocious 4 year old daughter of Celia and Russell Parker
  • Uncle Claud: Son of Grace and Alfred, and brother to Henry. Married to Penelope. Children Luke and Esther. He and his family are considered very boring by the rest of the Bagthorpes.
  • Aunt Penelope She is sufficiently worried for her children's health that she would put all library books in the oven to sterilise them before letting her children read them. The rest of the Bagthorpes were very amused to learn that on one occasion she forgot the books, burning them.
  • Luke
  • Esther
  • Great Aunt Lucy: who lives in Torquay. She plays no role in the stories, but Mr Bagthorpe visits her periodically in the hope of being remembered in her will.

Other Characters

  • Mrs. Fosdyke: The Bagthorpe's housekeeper.
  • Zero: The Bagthorpe family's pet dog.
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