My Brother Michael (Paperback) by Mary Stewart

from ehousewright

When I was in school I had a habit of marking the end of the semesters by choosing a book by someone like Mary Stewart or Victoria Holt in order to really feel like I was on intellectual vacation. I hadn't read this one before, but when I saw it recently on a list of suggested readings I thought ...

from jtck121166

This was my first Mary Stewart, and I must say I did enjoy it. We're in a sort of female Eric Ambler world, here, without the politics: Europe in the 1950s, with the War looming large in the collective memory; this plot, though, is wholly personal. Told from the point of view of the accidental he...

from patience_crabstick

A thinking woman's romance novel. Thank you, Mary Stewart for introducing a hero who isn't the mocking, sarcastic, lip curling swain who appears in 99% of romance novels. The heroine, also, is refreshingly underdescribed. We have no idea of the color or her eyes or tresses, or even if she's at al...

from jtck121166

This was my first Mary Stewart, and I must say I did enjoy it. We're in a sort of female Eric Ambler world, here, without the politics: Europe in the 1950s, with the War looming large in the collective memory; this plot, though, is wholly personal. Told from the point of view of the accidental h...

from jtck121166

This was my first Mary Stewart, and I must say I did enjoy it. We're in a sort of female Eric Ambler world, here, without the politics: Europe in the 1950s, with the War looming large in the collective memory; this plot, though, is wholly personal. Told from the point of view of the accidental he...