'A wonderful book to lose yourself in' Reader review ?????
'Mary Stewart on top form' Reader review ?????
'A timeless favourite' Reader review ?????
Vanessa March's husband Lewis is meant to be on a business trip in Stockholm.
So why does he briefly appear in newsreel footage of a fire at a circus in Vienna, with his arm around another woman?
Vanessa flies to Austria to find her husband - and inadvertently becomes involved in a mystery that spans three countries... and the famous dancing stallions of Austria's Spanish Riding School.
Get transported to 1950s Austria in this thrilling tale of adventure and deception from the queen of romantic suspense, Mary Stewart.
Praise for Mary Stewart:
'This zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights' Sunday Telegraph
'Always a good read' Reader review ?????
'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times
'I have read Mary Stewart books over and over again always for pleasure and I am never disappointed' Reader review ?????
'I'd rather read her than most other authors' Harriet Evans
'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent
'Captivating and entertaining' Reader review ?????
'She set the benchmark for pace, suspense and romance - with a great dollop of escapism as the icing' Elizabeth Buchan
Rezensionen / Stimmen
From opening to finale, this zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights * <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> * Mary Stewart is magic * <i>New York Times</i> * 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 * The stylish, educated novels of Mary Stewart . . . arguably inspired the deluge of bestselling romantic fiction that has flooded the market in recent decades. * Guardian * Mary Stewart sprinkled intelligence around like stardust . . . She built the bridge between classic literature and modern popular fiction. She did it first and she did it best -- Melanie Reid * Herald * A writer of considerable skill . . . [with an] intuitive feel for the past and its re-creation in vivid, poetic detail * Telegraph * A wonderful wordsmith . . . Stewart was among the first authors to seamlessly integrate a mystery and a romance thus allowing the two to come alive and complement each other. * Scotsman *
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Hodder & Stoughton General Division (Digital)
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978-1-4447-2053-2 (9781444720532)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Mary Stewart was one of the 20th century's bestselling and best-loved novelists. She was born in Sunderland, County Durham in 1916, but lived for most of her life in Scotland, a source of much inspiration for her writing. Her first novel, Madam, Will You Talk? was published in 1955 and marked the beginning of a long and acclaimed writing career. In 1971 she was awarded the International PEN Association's Frederick Niven Prize for The Crystal Cave, and in 1974 the Scottish Arts Council Award for one of her children's books, Ludo and the Star Horse. She was married to the Scottish geologist Frederick Stewart, and died in 2014.
