Thornyhold

Thornyhold

by Mary Stewart (Author), Mary Stewart (Author)

Synopsis

Thornyhold is a house deep in a wild wood like somewhere out of a fairy tale. Inheriting it is the beginning of a fairy tale for Gilly Ramsey. With the house she finds she is inheriting the mantle of her god-mother whose reputation was that of a wise-woman in a witch-infested region.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Promotion Copy
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 07 Dec 1989

ISBN 10: 034050045X
ISBN 13: 9780340500453
Book Overview: Reissued with a fresh cover look comes this love story delicate in its perceptions of a young woman falling in love, delightful in its portrayal of the countryside, and skilled in its creation of a world of magic. Mary Stewart's storytelling is as spell-binding as ever.

Media Reviews
In this 1940s rural scene you glimpse the shadow behind all things bright and beautiful. Daily Mail Anyone who enjoys a gentle, modern love story will find a cracker in Thornyhold Woman's World Skeins of sentences are woven into a tale of sweet magic, witchcraft and suspense ... which will perpetuate Mrs Stewart's bestsellerdom and confirm her status as a literary phenomenon Scotland on Sunday
Author Bio
Lady Mary Stewart is one of our most successful novelists. Her first novel, MADAM WILL YOU TALK, was published in 1954 and marked the beginning of a long and acclaimed writing career. All her novels have been bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.