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'One of the most stupendously successful authors ever' (Sunday Express )
'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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'One of the most stupendously successful authors ever' -- Sunday Express '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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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mary Stewart was writing about her love affair with Greece long before Louis Bernieres. Her more than literate thriller/ romance is set against the backdrop of a beautiful unspoilt Crete, where her modern and fiesty heroine battles aginst some very nasty villains to a highly satisfying conclusion. The Moospinners si a modern classic and a delight to read.
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Mary Stewart's currently best known for her Arthurian trilogy, which is great, but before that she was a big figure in a genre which is sort of at odds with modern publishing (though there are exceptions). I guess you could call it up-market romance, or thrillers, or literary pulp. Whatever the label, she is a fantastic writer, evocative, suspensful and entertaining. All the romantic/thriller/adventure novels have strong heroines and slightly old-fashioned plots, but more than that they are heavily atmospheric evocations of place - France, Greece, the Lebanon, Scotland. The Moonspinners is one of her Greek novels (along with My Brother Michael and This Rough Magic)and they date back to a period when post-war, post-rationing Britons were rediscovering the warmth and vitality of the mediterranean world. IT sounds weird, but if Elizabeth David had written fiction rather than food/travel/cookery books - they might be like this. They certainly tap into the same vein of heat, dust and exoticism that we have largely forgotten in our package-holiday era. I'd love to spearhead a revival of Mary Stewart's fiction - they'd also make fantastic period films or TV series. Someone snap them up. Having done this rave, I like the Moonspinners a lot but it's not my favourite - i'd go for My Brother Michael as a first choice of the Greek books. But I'd still read this next!
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What a delight to have Mary Stewart's delightful adventure stories republished in these attractive editions and how delightful to find them just as enjoyable to reread as they were when I first took them out of my local library as a teenager! Some modern authors could learn a great deal from this lady's craft and skill in story writing!
The Moonspinners is one of this author's best novels, with a well structured plot that moves along at a nifty pace. It starts simply as Nicola takes a walk in the hills of Crete and accelerates as she gets mixed up in a murderous adventure with a thrilling climax.
Vivid descriptions of an as yet unspoilt Crete are never overworked, there's suspense and danger but no gratuitous violence and the budding romance between an enterprising heroine and a gallant hero comes along with an interesting range of supporting cast members. (My favourite was Tony, the camp hotelier whose sexuality is hinted at but never overtly stated) The occasional quaint turn of phrase from the early 1960s and Nicola's (hopefully) ironic comments about male superiority both add to the book's charm for me: I love it!
The Moonspinners is one of this author's best novels, with a well structured plot that moves along at a nifty pace. It starts simply as Nicola takes a walk in the hills of Crete and accelerates as she gets mixed up in a murderous adventure with a thrilling climax.
Vivid descriptions of an as yet unspoilt Crete are never overworked, there's suspense and danger but no gratuitous violence and the budding romance between an enterprising heroine and a gallant hero comes along with an interesting range of supporting cast members. (My favourite was Tony, the camp hotelier whose sexuality is hinted at but never overtly stated) The occasional quaint turn of phrase from the early 1960s and Nicola's (hopefully) ironic comments about male superiority both add to the book's charm for me: I love it!
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a book of my youth
I read this book years ago and as I enjoyed it could not resist giving it another go,and I still enjoyed it
Published 6 months ago by D.J U
"Somewhere out in the black horizon, the drowned moon was waiting to...
...on the darkest night, the maidens take their spindles down to the sea, to wash their wool. And the wool slips from the spindles into the water, and unravels in long ripples of... Read more
Published on 28 July 2009 by Misfit
This edition is abridged and rewritten
Yes, Mary Stewart's novel is a classic, and a great atmospheric read.
But this edition (Oxford Bookworms - just 80 pages) is 'retold by Diane Mowat' for students of... Read more
But this edition (Oxford Bookworms - just 80 pages) is 'retold by Diane Mowat' for students of... Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2008 by Mr. F. L. Dunkin Wedd
Charming and exciting adventure/roamnce set in Crete
I love Mary Stewert's books since I found The Ivy Tree on my grandmother's bookshelves. Since then I've read My Brother Michael, Madam Will You Walk? Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2002
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