![]() ![]() 'She built the bridge between classic literature and modern popular fiction. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans It was serialized in the same year, in Good Housekeeping in. I’d like to try her Merlin books eventually. Your penultimate paragraph about This Rough Magic sums up just what I would want to say about Thornyhold. 'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. This Rough Magic, Mary Stewarts eighth published novel, appeared in both the UK and US in 1964. I really enjoyed Thornyhold, with its lyrical descriptions, and felt immediately that Mary Stewart was a born storyteller. I shuddered, and drank my coffee, leaning back in my chair to gaze out across pine tops furry with gold towards the sparkling sea, and surrendering myself to the dreamlike feeling that marks the start of a holiday. But Lucy's hopes for rest and romance are shattered when a body washes up on the beach and she finds herself swept up in a chilling chain of events. ![]() Lucy Waring, a young, out-of-work actress from London, leaps at the chance to visit her sister for a summer on the island paradise of Corfu, and what's more, a famous but reclusive actor is staying in a villa nearby. ' One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent Stuck inside? Join the original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart, as she leads you on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence. My rating: 6/10 I haven’t read Mary Stewart for absolutely years and years, and now I remember why. ![]()
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