Stormy Petrel, Mary Stewart
Stormy Petrel, Mary Stewart
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Stormy Petrel
The gripping classic of love and adventure in the Scottish Hebrides from the Queen of the Romantic Mystery

Author: Mary Stewart

Narrator: Eilidh Beaton

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2019

Synopsis

A classic tale of love, intrigue, adventure and the natural world, set on a beautiful isolated Hebridean island, by beloved novelist Mary Stewart.

When Rose Fenemore takes a desperately needed holiday to an isolated cottage on the Scottish island of Moila she doesn't expect much in the way of adventure - just a few quiet weeks of writing, walking and bird-watching. And then, late one night during a wild storm, two young men appear in her doorway, seeking shelter from the wind and rain. Neither man is quite who he claims, and the question of who to trust will put Rose in grave peril . . .

The stormy petrels. The fragile, tiny black birds, nocturnal and solitary, that come ashore to nest but spend most of the lives flying close above the sea-waves, come storm or shine.

'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans

(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Mary Stewart

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽

I've been a Mary Stewart fan since a college roommate introduced me to her books, more years ago than I am willing to cop to. But my least favorite of all her books that I've read has always been The Stormy Petrel. I excitedly snagged it at a used bookstore years ago, read it and scratched my head (......more

Goodreads review by Candi

3.5 stars This comforting little book isn’t going to knock your socks off, but it is just what I needed to take a breath and slow down a bit. I picked this one up near the end of June, right after final exams ended, marking the completion of yet another school year. The hectic pace of a parent of two......more

Quotes

From opening to finale, this zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights Sunday Telegraph

Mary Stewart is magic New York Times

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 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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