This island full of ‘Sounds and Sweet Airs’
Hi everyone. Happy autumn! I’ve just come back from a holiday in Corfu. In a way it was a sort of pilgrimage – of the literary kind. I’ve posted before of my love for Mary Stewart books. I was about fourteen when I discovered her. Her love for Greece, knowledge of the Classics, and poetry […]
Mary Stewart
Last month’s edition of Writing Magazine (highly recommended by the way for all things writerly) featured Susanna Kearsley choosing her favourite books. I’m a longtime fan of Susanna Kearsley’s books and have always read and reread Mary Stewart so I was thrilled. Without giving it much thought, I fired off a letter. Opened the August […]
The world is ready for a Mary Stewart revival!
Want feisty heroines? Smouldering men? A good plot and excellent characterisation all set against an atmospheric background? Try a Mary Stewart novel. Those in charge of commissioning television drama, glutted as it is with Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell, take note. To feed my current King Arthur obsession, I was given Lady Stewart’s Merlin […]
