![]() I'd rather read her than most other authors. Mary Stewart's storytelling is as spell-binding as ever in her twelfth novel, a gothic romance featuring sparkling prose, delightful characterisation and classic intrigue.The rambling house called Thornyhold is like something out of a fairy tale. Even the prisoning hedges were beautiful, protective with their rusty thorns, their bastions of holly and juniper, and at the corners, like towers, their thick columns of yews.'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. ![]() ![]() The old house, with it tufts of rosy houseleek and the spreading gilt of the lichens, was beautiful. With its reputation for magic and its resident black cat, Thornyhold offers Gilly more than just a new home. Left to Gilly Ramsey by the cousin whose occasional visits brightened her childhood, the cottage, set deep in a wild wood, has come just in time to save her from a bleak future. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. But she met my father, who was a rather saintly clergyman, and he cancelled her out. Mary Stewart's storytelling is as spell-binding as ever in her twelfth novel, a gothic romance featuring sparkling prose, delightful characterisation and classic intrigue.The rambling house called Thornyhold is like something out of a fairy tale. Like I suppose my mother could have been a witch if she had chosen to. Thornyhold (Paperback) Published July 4th 1990 by Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & Company. ![]()
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