Thornyhold (by Mary Stewart)

I have very much enjoyed re-reading my novels by Mary Stewart over the past year or so. The last few days I have re-read ‘Thornyhold’. I first read it in 2006, then re-read it in 2011 as part of a three-book omnibus by the author. I had a vague memory of the characters and storyline but had forgotten most of the detail in the past nine years, and very much enjoyed reading it for the third time.

It’s a bit of a strange story, more mystical than many by Mary Stewart. Most of her books are light...