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Thornyhold

By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
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Mary Stewart's storytelling is as spellbinding as ever in her 12th 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 its 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.

©1988 Mary Stewart (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Genre Fiction Mystery Romance Small Town & Rural Fiction Magic Suspense Cats

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"A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors." (Harriet Evans)
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great story, and very expressive and articulate reading, but the voices were unpleasant, especially the children and male characters. Enjoyed it very much otherwise.

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I don't want to leave a review. I loved it the reader was very good.

loved

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a really well written story by wonderful Mary Stewart.
Narration was brilliant. I have never heard anyone like Jilly Bond before. I have favourite narrators but she is different and unique. ❤️

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