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Madam, Will You Talk?

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Much of a strange and tragic drama of revenge, lust, fear, and death has already been played by the time Charity Selborne arrives at a plush resort in the South of France.

But by befriending a terrified boy and catching the attention of his enigmatic, possibly murderous father, Charity has inadvertently placed herself center stage.

Paperback, 360 pages

Published November 25th 2003 by HarperTorch (first published 1955)

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Jan 06, 2013 Willowfaerie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: gothic, mary-stewart

Both Hannah and Jeannette wrote such excellent reviews for this, I’m not sure I have much more to add. In fact, here are the links to their reviews.

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I did think this book was a lot of fun though. While I was reading, I kept thinking of old 1950s Hitchcock movies with icy blondes, big heavy cars, and sinister villains. LOL

So I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to cast this puppy with stars from the fifties? They would have to be English, of course, since most of the c...more

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Jan 04, 2013 Hannah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: gothics, 2013-reads, re-read

There is an old-fashioned elegance about Mary Stewart's writing. A stately polish with a more then a hint of an old 1950's Hollywood movie.

Whatever minor quibbles I (as a modern reader) have about some of the outdated social mores found between the pages of a Stewart novel, it is only that - minor. They are easily overlooked by the smooth and soothing way in which Stewart can pull the reader into her world of danger, intrigue and romance. Ultimately, however, her incomparable sense of descriptiv...more There is an old-fashioned elegance about Mary Stewart's writing. A stately polish with a more then a hint of an old 1950's Hollywood movie.

Whatever minor quibbles I (as a modern reader) have about some of the outdated social mores found between the pages of a Stewart novel, it is only that - minor. They are easily overlooked by the smooth and soothing way in which Stewart can pull the reader into her world of danger, intrigue and romance. Ultimately, however, her incomparable sense of descriptive place is what keeps her fans enthralled. Even with the modern internet convenience of google image search, it's truely not necessary to explore these tech. options to visualize the places Stewart describes. She's already done it for you the old-fashioned way - through sheer genius of being able to paint a word postcard of any setting she places her characters and her story.

This time, that place is Southern France, and Stewart takes her readers, (literally as well as figuratively), on a wild ride through Provencal. The time is the mid-50's, and it shows. There's cigarette smoking - alot of smoking. Alot. Oh, and did I mention the copius amounts of smoking? There's the quintessentinal 1950's alpha hero, who scares and excites our heroine in equal parts. Who demands and threatens her, chases her, makes her faint and makes her cry, until ultimately she's got him wrapped around her little finger. THAT'S how a Stewart heroine gets the job done.

And then there is her characterizations of a troubled child in peril, and the equally wonderful inclusion of a lovable mutt. I'm personally always glad when Stewart involves animals in her stories. It's clear she loves her doggies and kittehs, and I love reading about them, too.

And then there's the fact that she makes her characters intelligent; quoting poetry and prose (often in other languages) all over the place, without them seeming snobbish or it feeling contrived or ridiculous. That Stewart woman, she makes me wish I had more depth of classical literature knowledge to appreciate all that's being implied by each literary utterance.

And last, but not least, if Stewart in this novel suffered her hero and heroine to fall into the trap of "insta-love" (which negated me giving it 5 stars), at least she didn't have them fall into insta-bed, with a 2 page description of the sexual act. These are clean, classy reads. Something I appreciate the older and I get. The trajectory from novels like this one to Fifty Shades of Grey is so far flung that I don't personally think it's even on the same planet earth. Reading tastes vary with the times. I guess I'll always be stuck in the 1950's. With a cig. And a stiff brandy. And a nylon nightie. And a bossy (yet classically educated, mind you) man telling me what to do while I let him think he's really doing that.

JANUARY, 2013 buddy read with some great old (and new) GR friends

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Jan 08, 2013 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: buddy-read, kindle, e-books, gothic-romance, mtbr-challenge-2013, read-2013

Buddy-read with Hannah, Misfit, Willowfaerie, Jeannette, Laura, Leslie, Kim, Joanne, Marg, SarahC, Jemidar, Willofaerie

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How was I to know, that lovely quiet afternoon, that most of the actors in the tragedy were at that moment assembled in this neat, unpretentious little Provençal hotel?

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I looked about me, resigned to the fact that almost everybody in the hotel would probably be English too. But the collection so far seemed vari...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Jeannette rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-buddy-read, france, suspense, 2013-read

Final Rating 3-1/2 stars Spoilers are hidden, except for some "general" spoilerish comments.

This was a fun read, full of car chases, sinister men in dark lanes, a worried boy and his romping dog, and cigarette smoke! Written in the 1950s, smoking seemed to be the cure-all; fall in love, have a smoke; feeling ill, frightened, faint, tired, bored, have a smoke. Mary Stewart's description of place was wonderful, as usual, but the plot and the action were a bit predictable, and over-the-top in many...more

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Sep 03, 2009 BJ Rose rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-suspense, library-books

One of my favorite Mary Stewart books. Charity Selbourne is a WW2 widow whose pilot husband taught her about car engines and gave her driving tips - this detail becomes very important as the story progresses. Charity befriends a young boy while on vacation in France, meets the boy's father, finds intrigue and a 2nd love. Charity's remembrances of her beloved Johnny and the realization that he prepared her for a possible life without him bring tears to the reader's eyes.

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Jan 04, 2013 SarahC rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am lucky to have not read an abundance of Stewart's romantic suspense novels in the past, so that I can read them now. These are so like the mystery stories that have always drawn me in. These books make me thankful to be a part of my generation. As a young reader, I wanted to be like the Mary Stewart heroine: smart, a traveler, well-spoken, well-read, with a little bit of a "past." All the rest in a Mary Stewart novel is just icing on the erudite cake. And it still is.

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Dec 21, 2008 Angela rated it 2 of 5 stars

This was a bit of an odd bird--the oldest yet of the Stewarts I'd read, I think, dating clear back to 1955. And this time around I really noticed it, more than with her other books. The thing that stood out most strongly for me in this thing was how many characters were smoking, and how often--the heroine especially seemed to do it a lot for comfort. Barely a scene went by without someone lighting up. Talk about your ways to date a novel, eh? Between that and the thing being set in the south of...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Liz rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am going to review 3 Mary Stewart books all in one since I just finished reading them all (Madam will you talk, This rough magic, and My brother Michael). Let me just say that reading a Mary Stewart novel is so very very refreshing. You know that at the end you will feel nothing but satisfaction. I don't know how she does it, but the chemistry between her heroines and the leading men are FABULOUS. I find myself not being able to pin point why they are just meant for each other but they just AR...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Smcleish rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned

Originally published on my blog here in February 2000.

Mary Stewart's first novel sets out the territory that she has occupied ever since when writing her thrillers. A romantic plot, with the heroine playing the major role - and a non-passive one; misunderstandings about the role of the hero, a beautiful setting. Her most innovative aspect is the use she makes of the heroine. Charity Selborne is not the shrinking violet of male thriller writers; she is an expert racing driver, a fighter, and the...more

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Aug 26, 2011 Carolyn Hill rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mary Stewart is one of my favorite writers, and I have been going back and re-reading her novels for pure pleasure, many for the third and fourth (or I've lost count) times. I was delighted to find out that I wasn't the only one who felt this way, for her British publisher is re-issuing her romantic suspense novels with new "vintage" covers. Madam, Will You Talk? was actually her first published book which came out in 1955, and I had not read it in a long time. While her ability to build suspens...more Mary Stewart is one of my favorite writers, and I have been going back and re-reading her novels for pure pleasure, many for the third and fourth (or I've lost count) times. I was delighted to find out that I wasn't the only one who felt this way, for her British publisher is re-issuing her romantic suspense novels with new "vintage" covers. Madam, Will You Talk? was actually her first published book which came out in 1955, and I had not read it in a long time. While her ability to build suspense, her sympathetic characters, and her evocative settings are all in place, this one suffers from a little too much contrivance. The romance, particularly, is stretching things a bit. Apparently in those days couples would decide to marry on the barest acquaintance. The heroine, Charity, is a WWII widow, and gets points for that and not being virginal; however, she does faint in one scene and is out for a rather long time, so points off for that. Otherwise, she is an extremely capable driver, having learned at the hands of her late husband who raced cars. There are several sequences of her driving like a hellion through the wilds of Provence, and it rather reminded me of Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief. As it happens, that movie also came out in 1955, so if you want to conjure a feeling, it paints a similar scene. Cary Grant would have been the perfect actor to play the hero here as well. The plot pivots around David, a pre-teen, whom Charity befriends (along with his large, scruffy but charming dog). He has been whisked off to Provence by his beautiful but cold step-mother, after his father was released from prison upon acquittal of murder. There is murder at the heart of this story, more than one, in fact, and a mystery surrounding it. Reaching out to a lonely boy, Charity stumbles into this mystery, as "a walk-on in the last act." As good stories go, it would serve "to break and re-form the pattern" of her whole life. Mary Stewart never fails to tell a good story, but this one is a product of its time and conventions. Keeping that in mind, it's worth reading, and would have made a great 50's movie if done well. The good thing is Mary Stewart improved as a writer, and, though for a first attempt this isn't shabby, there are better efforts to follow. (less)

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Aug 20, 2011 Terri Lynn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery-suspense-thrillers

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is one of Mary Stewart's very first books from 1955 and there is an incredible plot flaw that I can't imagine getting past any editor other than some goofy romance editor anywhere. Let me explain.

Charity Selborne is a young widow in England who lost her husband Johnny when his plane was shot down in WW2. She used to be a teacher at a girl's school but is left well off enough that she does not have to work. Off she goes on a vacation in the south of France with Louise who was a fellow teache...more This is one of Mary Stewart's very first books from 1955 and there is an incredible plot flaw that I can't imagine getting past any editor other than some goofy romance editor anywhere. Let me explain.

Charity Selborne is a young widow in England who lost her husband Johnny when his plane was shot down in WW2. She used to be a teacher at a girl's school but is left well off enough that she does not have to work. Off she goes on a vacation in the south of France with Louise who was a fellow teacher at the school.

Louise is a sort of stick in the mud who is in France to do no more than lay around reading and sketching at the hotel while sipping cold mint drinks. Charity wants to see all of the historical places and goes out on a flurry of activity.

Things heat up when she meets 13 year old David, his dog, and his stepmother who he seems to detest. She feels sorry for the boy and decides to take him under her wing. There is a strange mystery surrounding the boy and his stepmother. When another hotel guest tells Charity that the boy's father has been on trial for murdering his friend Tony and taking a crack at David, Charity believes the stepmother has run to safety with the child.

Now this is where Mary Stewart started to lose me. Charity takes David and the dog to a nearby town to sightsee. The boy becomes panicked when he spots his father in an arena. He had gotten off the murder rap because of insufficient evidence (which is not the same as being innocent, just they couldn't collect the evidence)and Charity knows from an overheard conversation between the boy's stepmother and a man from the hotel that the dad is hunting David.

Normally, under these circumstances, what would you do? Personally, I would have loaded the child and dog in the car and left the little town before the guy could spot us. What did Charity do? She let the boy hide in a cathedral while she went on sightseeing in the heat! While she is almost passed out from exertion and heat in a temple of Diana, the man approaches her to see if she is okay. Wouldn't you know he would quote a book and stupid Charity would immediately mention that David had said the same thing and how she had been amazed because he was only 13. Now the man knows who she is.

She had opportunities to get away from him by screaming for help but didn't "to protect David"? Huh? Not calling police in to help when you are being roughed up by an accused murderer bent on finding a child hidden in town is "protecting" David? The man screams at her, repeatedly calls her a bitch, roughs her up, threatens to kill her, and nearly smothers her, causing her to faint. He left bruises on her wrists. She finally manages to escape with the child and then the stupid creature did not tell the stepmother or Louise or the police. The boy says his father is "mad" (crazy) and is in a panic as they try to escape.

Charity then decides to go to a deserted little dinky town where people have nothing to do but look at the sky. She just happens to stop to get a tire fixed where the father is getting his fixed next door. Again, he terrorizes her at the hotel, makes her faint, and spends the night in her room. She manages to escape at breakfast but when he gets on her trail again, she plays the fool. In a large town, he gets in a minor accident but instead of taking the opportunity to escape, she puts her car in a garage, goes out to eat, then sightsees on a boat cruise! Was this idiot dropped on her head as a child one too many times or what? She has the poorest judgement you can imagine.

Coming back from the cruise, he captures her yet again and treats her like crap. He says he has two questions for her. The first is "How is David?" All of a sudden, she blurts out where the child is and says she knows that he did not kill his friend or hurt David! Huh? Am I missing something? Not only that, he kisses her and they say they are in love with each other. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. What kind of plotting was this? Then they spend hours plotting to get the child back and figure out why the ex-wife wants to kill him though there is no evidence that does. Charity is now head-over-heels in love with him. If he raped her and attempted to strangle her again, she'd probably marry him on the spot!

Things get even weirder and more bizarre as the story moves forward . I like Mary Stewart's writing and there was a lot of mystery, suspense, and intrigue but I confess that this plot device bothered me a lot. I have volunteered for decades with domestic violence victims and frankly, this guy is exactly like the charming ones you see in court explaining that they only murdered or attacked their wife or girlfriend because she made him do it by not obeying like a proper dog or doormat. This is NOT my idea of a hero. He began physically and emotionally abusing Charity 5 minutes after he met her and terrorized her across several towns. (less)

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Jun 30, 2010 Victoria Mixon rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mary Stewart, as you all (should) know, made her name as the author of the classic magical-realist version of Merlin at the court of King Arthur: The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Wicked Day, and The Prince and the Pilgrim. This was back in the 1970s, before everyone and their dog was writing massive fantasy serials about known mythological figures. She actually helped launch the idea of multiple fantasy authors tackling the same mythology, what I like to think of as...more

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May 11, 2009 Camie rated it 4 of 5 stars

If you are looking for something fun and light to read for the summer, this is your book. Angieville recommended it, and I decided to give it a whirl. And, apparently, there are many more waiting for me to read by the same author, which is always a wonderful feeling when you stumble across a book you’ve enjoyed—that there’s more where that came from of the same stock.

Mary Stewart wrote her novels in the 50s, and I have to say that it was fun to step back into that time. And although the language...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Robin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Madam, Will You Talk? -- Strange title for a dated but engrossing suspense/thriller/mystery/love story. Apparently it's a debut novel -- no, really? ;)

I loved Stewart's descriptions of driving (my next car will be a silver Mercedes!) She also builds a disparate set of characters and an intriguing murder-mystery. Her arch-villain might be a little stock, (view spoiler)...more

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Jul 26, 2007 Meg rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-to-grow-up-with

When I was in high school, I discovered these Gothic romances, and they sustained me for several years. After plowing through the ones that were already published, I watched for each new book to arrive. My 5 stars reflect how much I loved them when I was 15! Eventually, Mary Stewart turned to the Arthur saga, about which she wrote some captivating (and captivatingly long) novels, but they couldn't capture my soul like the romances did.

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Nov 03, 2010 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

First, what I liked - the descriptions of France (Avignon, Marseilles, etc.) and the actual mystery. The scenery was appealing, and I actually believed the mystery.
Next, what drove me crazy - the hero literally chases the heroine around the South of France, and though she drives fast and makes some impressive feints along the way, he still finds her? Way too many coincidences to accept there (as in the antiques store...). Also, the characters in this book must have a deeply-rooted mistrust of th...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Nenia Campbell rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: x-1950s

First novels are tricky things. Sometimes they are awesome- other times, not. Madam, Will You Talk? was written in 1954, just four years before Nine Coaches Waiting, one of my new favorite books of all time. I find it amazing how much she improved in four years, because she really did manage to hone her plotting and characterization. If there is anything good to be said about this book, it is that you've got to start somewhere.

Charity is just minding her own business in France when she gets mixe...more First novels are tricky things. Sometimes they are awesome- other times, not. Madam, Will You Talk? was written in 1954, just four years before Nine Coaches Waiting, one of my new favorite books of all time. I find it amazing how much she improved in four years, because she really did manage to hone her plotting and characterization. If there is anything good to be said about this book, it is that you've got to start somewhere.

Charity is just minding her own business in France when she gets mixed up with a little English boy. The boy is from a troubled family. His stepmother is kind of a bitch, and his father is apparently a convicted murderer who got off because of flimsy evidence. The stepmother drags the boy- David- around with her because she is afraid that his daddy will find her and get his cut on.

However, her encounters with the boy's father, Richard, seem to suggest that he might not be as guilty as common gossip would have one believe. And she becomes involved, because of the little boy, and ends up digging herself into a hidden wellspring of murder, extortion, theft, and kidnapping. Yay!

The writing in MWYT seemed very choppy to me in comparison with Thornyhold and Nine Coaches Waiting. I got the feeling that she didn't yet feel confident about herself as a writer and her abilities, and there is a definite "first novel" feel to this book. There are also many fifties stereotypes. Gritty film-noiresque heroes who curse and say "damn!" and "beautiful bitch!" and smoke smelly cigars and drive fast cars. Ladies smoking cigarettes when they're trying to relax or be coy or look sexy. Swooning and fainting, and using your "feminine wiles" to escape trouble.

Maybe this was somewhat truer in the 1950s but now it just comes across as silly and dated and annoying. Her other books have held up much better over time. That said, I'm now embarking on one of her other books- This Rough Magic, published in 1964. If she got so amazing in four years, I'm excited to see what she'll be able to do in TEN. ♥

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Sep 01, 2011 Sadia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-suspense, war-post-war

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Jan 07, 2009 Alyson rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: mystery lovers, students of excellent writing

Recommended to Alyson by: Sofie

Shelves: 2009, fiction

Wow. Mary Stewart just puts so much geographical and historical detail into her books. The mysteries are crafted so well, with little hints and clues sprinkled throughout but not so obvious I can solve it in my sleep.

And even though the books are pretty dated with their polyester dresses that just shake out and nylon underthings that dry in a jiffy, even though technology is just so primitive (tee hee) and our lives today are different, the main storyline still manages to be interesting. The the...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Catie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, suspense

One thing about a hideous day on public transport is that you can really get some reading done...
This was a re-read. I read and enjoyed all of Mary Stewart's books in my teens, but I think only once which is probably why my memory for them is so vague. I certainly did not remember anything about this one at all.
It was entertaining and as I found myself in the parts of France that I've come to associate with Kate Mosse I was very struck with the quality of the writing; beautiful, often poetic, wi...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Sabrina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-romance

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Sep 06, 2011 Cynthia McCrain rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read this book the first time when I was about 12 years old and my Aunt Blanche gave me some of her books. I just read it again, and will most likely read it a few more times in the coming years. It has been a favorite of mine from that very first reading and I have re-read it many times, as I feel it is a part of my childhood. Lady Mary Stewart is a great storyteller, she always draws me in with her rich details and character development. As a child, I wanted to be a writer and it was because...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Misfit rated it 4 of 5 stars

3.5 stars

Charity Selborne is on holiday with a friend in the south of France, but in true Mary Stewart fashion, she's soon mixed up in a potful of mystery and intrigue when she meets a young boy in terror of his murderous father. I've just spent an hour on another review, and I have floors to vacuum and laundry to launder. Hannah and Jeannette have already written such excellent reviews, review that mirror my thoughts on the book, and you can read them here and here. But please don't miss Willow...more

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Jun 21, 2009 CLM rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, suspense, romance, 20th-century, france

One of my all time favorites. Charity Selbourne is on vacation with her friend in Provence when she gets caught up into another family's crisis, which not only ruins her vacation but changes her life.

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Oct 05, 2010 Margaret rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, general-fiction, suspense, authors-qrs

This was the first Mary Stewart I ever read, when I was eight or nine; I have reread it so many times that I've lost count, and it's still one of my favorites. Marvelous characters, excellent dialogue, and a fabulous car chase (in which the heroine drives just as cleverly and audaciously as the man chasing her).

Why didn't anyone ever think to film this? Or any of her books, besides the Disneyfied version of The Moon-Spinners? This one would make a fantastic movie; it's tightly written and suspe...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: gothic, 2013

What an exciting and absorbing story! This author certainly knows how to describe places as you feel you are right there next to the heroine, experiencing her adventure.

I loved the setting - lovely descriptive phrases used for it, the heroine and her brave and smart decisions, the men in the story - were they the good guys or bad guys, hard to tell the way the author told the story and the exciting climax of the tale.

I think - to date - this has to be my favorite Mary Stewart story. But don't h...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Eggletina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: re-read

This was a solid four star read in my youth. Re-reading now it’s more like a three. The writing is lovely and erudite without being pretentious (as are all of Mary Stewart’s books), and the story is sufficiently atmospheric and suspenseful. I don’t even mind that it’s dated by attitudes and behaviors that were commonly accepted when it was written in the 1950s. It transports me right back to that time and place -- visions I have of it from old movies, that is -- which is actually a good thing. T...more

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Apr 29, 2011 Jane rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I'm rereading these books after a long gap and I don't know if it's because I'm a writer too now and I notice the nuts and bolts more, but the pacing on this bugged me.

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Aug 11, 2011 Lisa Rathbun rated it 4 of 5 stars

Well-written escape literature. Her description of Charity's attempts to evade Richard Byron always draw me in to experience her panic and frustration. I love how Stewart's books transport you to another place and time. Even though this is not historic fiction, she describes a world that is gone forever. I'd love to travel to the places she describes, only, for all my reading, I would fall far behind her classically educated heroines who always seem to know obscure history and literary quotes (n...more

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Jun 18, 2009 Christiana rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is by no means one of Mary Stewart's best, but still a fair sample of her doing what she does best - suspense with a dash of romance in a foreign locale - in this case, beautiful southern France. The romance wasn't so convincing here (they fall in love so fast it'll make your head spin) but the suspense scenes really had me gripped. And the heroine was neither as stupid or helpless as the women in these books sometimes are--she fends for herself pretty well, though of course the bad guys al...more

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