tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120117797752291974.post4833376677433334328..comments2023-11-02T09:28:01.490-04:00Comments on The Sandman's Last Stop: Answer to a Maiden's Prayer: A Look at The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewarterin k. coughlin (cog-lin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745737727483426952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120117797752291974.post-28714701001197399382010-08-09T09:54:11.755-04:002010-08-09T09:54:11.755-04:00I'm pretty sure you would love it, Lianne.I'm pretty sure you would love it, Lianne.erin k. coughlin (cog-lin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00745737727483426952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120117797752291974.post-56213334263838262212010-07-26T23:46:11.588-04:002010-07-26T23:46:11.588-04:00I am intrigued, even beyond what sounds like its s...I am intrigued, even beyond what sounds like its similarities to I Capture the Castle. Oh, incest, indeed.Liannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799290429518009484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120117797752291974.post-78903698451450157142010-07-24T19:13:07.335-04:002010-07-24T19:13:07.335-04:00Wow, that's a pretty big thing to edit out. Th...Wow, that's a pretty big thing to edit out. There were some moments towards the beginning that made me wonder if Annabel left home because she was pregnant, but they never addressed it. I'm going to have to find me a Brit edition (was it just the first edition or is still there if you buy the book new in the UK?) <br /><br />Oh, incest. Annabel and Con were technically second cousins (at least in the version I read) because their grandfathers were brothers which makes their fathers first cousins. But family is family and they have the same last name...yeesh.<br /><br />Thanks so much for reading and commenting! That is edit info is fascinating. I can't wait to read more Mary Stewart. <br /><br />Erinerin k. coughlin (cog-lin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00745737727483426952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120117797752291974.post-81306474442087971342010-07-24T13:02:24.015-04:002010-07-24T13:02:24.015-04:00This has been my favorite book since I first read ...This has been my favorite book since I first read it in the 1960s. The American edition is edited from the original Bristish edition, so it is fun to read both. There is an extra chapter in the beginning of the Brit book, and an important plot point was removed from it. In the original, Con tells Mary that Annabel was pregnant - that's why she went away. This is cut out of the American book because we frown on first cousins coupling up (of course it would have been Con who'd be the father). A couple other Mary Stewart thrillers had first cousins as the romantic couple in the Bristish editions, and it was changed to 'distant' relatives in the American (The Gabriel Hounds is one - a really fantastic adventure).<br /><br />The edits do add a little more meat to the plot of the original, and the book had to be edited throughout because the topic of the alleged pregnancy comes up now and then. Look for an original Brit edition on ebay UK.<br /><br />The Mary Stewart romantic suspense thrillers were top bestsellers in the 50s and 60s when I was a kid. Don't miss any of the early ones. They set the mark for all followers to meet.<br /><br />Mikestratomikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037554947654294112noreply@blogger.com