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. 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. With its reputation for magic and its resident black cat, Thornyhold offers Gilly more than just a new home. It offers her a chance to start over. The old house, with it tufts of rosy houseleek and the spreading gilt of the lichens, was beautiful. 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. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Thornyhold is Mary Stewart’s twentieth published novel. The Hodder & Stoughton UK first edition was released in 1988. This novel is narrated by Geillis (also called Gilly and, as a child,…
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Decorative cover of ‘Mary Jones.’ Published by the American Tract Society (1848). archive.org
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the manor house in the English style shade-loving hydrangea I have 3 of these varying-height pedestals, things I cannot live without... sigh.... sigh, sigh, sigh... from Style Me Pretty Butchart Gardens Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Field of Azaleas lovely way up the stairs impossible dream country home with manicured lawns a true labor of love... & if you could dress something like this it would be divine designed by the genius John Galliano for Christian Dior Haute Couture isn't this the true "garden party" gown? Join Mary at Little Red House, icon below, for Mosaic Monday a really lovely place
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In September I’ll be going back to some of Mary Stewart’s books, finishing up with Thornyhold. Spoilers will be everywhere! Consider yourself warned. Thornyhold is one of Stewart’…
