Together they hatch a plan: if Mary will impersonate Annabel, the heir to her grandfather’s estate and fortune, just until the old man kicks the bucket, they’ll divvy up Annabel’s inheritance. Conner’s also - conveniently - the manager of Annabel’s grandfather’s estate, Whitescar. Conner mistakes her for his distant cousin and almost-fiancee Annabel, who’s missing and presumed dead. Within days of her arrival, Mary is approached by the handsome, but gruff Conner Winslow. The book’s heroine is Mary Grey, recently relocated to England from Canada. To reveal much more would give too much away. The plot synopsis tells little about The Ivy Tree, for good reason. permanently.įirst published in 1961, The Ivy Tree has everything that a classic Gothic should: a mysterious heroine, a brooding but darkly attractive hero (anti-hero, perhaps?), a large estate and fortune at stake, and menace in spades. If Mary Grey looked so much like the missing heiress, why should she not be an heiress? And so plain Mary Grey became the glamorous Annabel Winslow. Here’s a synopsis, courtesy of Goodreads: In my ongoing effort to become better versed in the classics, I bring you Stewart’s The Ivy Tree. Mary Stewart is Gothic Romance’s Shakespeare - an enduring talent whose books have become classics. This is the copy of “The Ivy Tree” I have.
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