Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. 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. their bastions of holly and juniper, and at the corners, like towers, their thick columns of yews. Slowly, quietly, she comes to realise that they are right. Thornyhold: A gothic romance featuring sparkling prose, delightful characterisation and classic intrigue from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery. The suspenseful, romantic story that will sweep you off your feet. She discovers also that the local people believe that Gilly has inherited not just the house but the magical spell-weaving powers that live on in the house and garden. And as she explores, she discovers more about the woman who had come to seem like a fairy godmother for her: her herbalists's skills, her still room, her abilities to foresee and to heal. Her very own enchantment, left to her by the cousin whose occasional magical visits had brightened her childhood. Thornyhold is a fantasy novel by Mary Stewart published in 1988. The Hodder & Stoughton UK first edition was released in 1988. Thornyhold is a house deep in a wild wood like somewhere out of a fairy tale. Thornyhold is Mary Stewarts twentieth published novel. I'd rather read her than most other authors.Book Description Paperback. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. It’s a small novel, only 212 pages and I read it in two sittings.
Of course, I couldn’t resist picking it up and putting it on top of my To-Read pile. 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. Browsing at the library I came upon a Mary Stewart novel I hadn’t heard of. 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. A welcome reissue of Mary Stewarts novella, this story is set in 1940s England, and features Gilly Ramsey, a young woman who inherits her favorite aunt.
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.
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