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'From opening to finale, this zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights' (Sunday Telegraph )
'Mary Stewart is magic' (New York Times )
'She set the bench mark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' (Elizabeth Buchan )
'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' (Harriet Evans )
'Mary Stewart is magic' (New York Times )
'She set the bench mark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' (Elizabeth Buchan )
'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' (Harriet Evans )
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'From opening to finale, this zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Mary Stewart is magic' -- New York Times 'She set the bench mark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' -- Elizabeth Buchan 'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' -- Harriet Evans
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Carmel Lacy is the silliest woman I know, which is saying a good deal. Read the first page
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a teenager I devoured Mary Stewart's romantic suspense novels. While I have now outgrown some of her more Gothic and brooding stories, I recently reread "Airs Above the Ground" and found that it had lost none of its charm. The exotic Austrian setting -- with its mountain villages, traveling circus, and Lippizaner stallions -- is enthralling. What makes this story special, though, are the wonderful characters -- drawn here with a light touch, humor, and wonderful chemistry not always in evidence in other Mary Stewart novels. A wonderful read!
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the kind of book I can imagine lots of people being sniffy about, cheesily packaged and unashamedly romantic - probably a lot wouldn't even pick it up in the first place. Well that's their loss, but I'd like to get a read-mary-stewart campaign off the ground. She is so good: a deft and clever writer who wears her literary nounce lightly. I adore her stories, her settings and her feisty (but not too feisty!) heroines. No one else is as consistently good: let's hear it for romantic fiction! I've been chastised on the bookwormonthenet blog for offering qualified praise to writers like Mary Stewart and for using phrases like 'pulp fiction' - but no, it is no slur. These are stunning books by a vastly talented writer. I also think film producers ought to be trawling the stewart back catalogue: I can just see Cate Blanchett as the heroine of Airs Above the Ground and the whole sub-plot around the Austrian circus, spies and a lost Lipizzaner stallion would translate fabulously to the wide screen. Go on, someone, do it!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
Of the many audiobooks I've listened to, Jane Asher is one of the most impressive readers I've come across. She has read some of my favorite Mary Stewart novels, and her reading of Airs Above the Ground is simply masterful in every respect. She does justice to this wonderful and timeless work of romantic suspense.
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One of Stewart's Best
Having read nearly all of Mary Stewart's opus (except for the children's books), I would rank this particular story among my top five favourites. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Dolphin
Captivating and entertaining
I'm so pleased to discover Mary Stewart's books again. I've read them all before but am happily looking forward to reading them all again. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jess Montrose
Don't Let This One Get Away
This book is my favourite of Mary Stewart's works. So far I've read it at least three times, the last time being a year ago and it still works its magic on me. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Shouna Falconer
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