Saskia
posts on 4/4/2009 12:16:27 PM
Nancy, I think you mean The wind off the Small Isles. It's a short novel, written in 1968, about 100 pages. I bought and read it in Dutch.
Me as well, I have been looking for the isle of Moila, "off Mull, first stop past Tobermory on the way to Coll and Tiree". But I don't think it really exists......
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William Guest
posts on 3/8/2009 10:50:17 PM
About the island of Moila in The Stormy Petrel--Is this island a actual place?
I have found the ferry route but
have not found this exact islnad
on the map. Please assist.
Thanks
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TJ
posts on 5/15/2008 10:05:17 PM
Nancy and Roseanne...the Stewart book you are referring to is My Brother Michael. I have read it twice, and it is excellent. It takes place in Delphi, Greece. Stewart's descriptions of Delphi in this work are so vivid that I yearned to go to Delphi. When I finally got to go there two years ago, I found that her descriptions of it were so good that it was similar to what I had pictured in my mind as I was reading. I'll be taking my teenaged daughters there next spring, and I am going to have them read My Brother Michael. The Charioteer is the work of antiquity that the story centers around.
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Rosanne
posts on 7/13/2007 10:19:19 PM
Nancy, did you find out the name of the short story or what magazine it was in? I remember reading it also and would like to find it. Do you know the title?
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Linda
posts on 3/16/2007 1:44:36 PM
Mary Stewart has been a huge favourite of mine since a teacher read "My Brother Michael" to an enthralled class of girls. I read most of her novels when I was a teenager and just recently found and finished Stomy Petrel. What always strikes me about Stewart's work is that it is not only well crafted but wonderfully literate and there are many classical allusions - pretty rare to find these layers of richness in a novel nowadays. I also love the way her writing is so precise, and her main characters i.e. "the goodies" are always so well-mannered and well-spoken! Has anyone seen a pic of Mary Stewart?
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Bertrande MacLeod
posts on 3/4/2007 12:12:21 AM
Re: Inquiry of 2/10/07
I don't know how far back this excerpt was, but My Brother Michael, written in late fifties has such a scenario. Great read.
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Nancy
posts on 2/10/2007 8:42:31 PM
Many years ago when Mary Stewart's suspense novels were very popular, I read a novella or rather lengthy short story written by Stewart as the feature of the month in an American magazine, perhaps Good Housekeeping or one similar. I recall there was something about discovering an antiquities treasure in a cave maybe. I have never seen this story mentioned anywhere else and I can't find any mention of it online. It was not a condensation of one of her popular books. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
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josephine kemp
posts on 12/16/2006 6:26:11 PM
Hello there,
I am trying to find the title of a wonderful book I read years ago,set in the fens of East Anglia before they were drained. I am almost certain it was by Mary Stewart. It followed the life of a young peasant girl who lived in a house on stilts and where everyone got around in boats. It was always misty and there were fevers.I cannot remember many other details but would be very grateful to hear from anyone who recognises the book and can tell me the title and if possible where I can get it!!
Thank you for reading my message
Josephine
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Barbara Paulson
posts on 12/10/2006 10:02:38 PM
Mary Stewart is magic! I want to reread all her books in either Spanish or French. Does anyone where these can be found?
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Thomas A Schneider
posts on 12/3/2006 10:45:14 PM
Can anyone give me a synopsis of Mary Stuart's book, "The Prince and the Pilgrim", on the historical and medieval basis or the subject background? How does it compare with her other works?
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