The ivy had reached for the tree and only the tree's upper branches managed to thrust the young gold leaves of early summer through the strangling curtain.Įventually the ivy would kill it. Their deception will spark a powder-keg of ambition, obsession and long-dead love. But as I mentioned before, Stewart seems particularly fascinated by Jane Eyre and prone to include references in different ways. There’s also a Shakespeare reference right on the first page. It will make a rich inheritance for its heirs, but in order to secure it, they enlist the help of a young woman named Mary who bears remarkable resemblance to missing Whitescar heiress, Annabel Winslow. Mary Grey had come from Canada to the land of her forebears: Northumberland, where Hadrian built his wall nearly 2000 years ago. The Ivy Tree is no differentwe start off with an old folk song for an epigraph and each chapter is headed with another bit of a folk song. And there stood one of the angriest, most threatening young men Mary had ever seen. As she savored the ordered, spare beauty of England’s northern fells, the silence was shattered by the shout of a single name: Annabel. 'There are few to equal Mary Stewart' Daily Telegraph'Mary Stewart is magic.' New York TimesWhitescar is a beautiful old house and farm situated in Roman Wall country. Mary Grey had come from Canada to the land of her forebears: Northumberland. Mary Stewart, one of the great British storytellers of the 20th century, transports her readers to rural Northumberland for this tale of romance, ambition, and deceit - a perfect fit for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym.
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