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My Brother Michael Paperback – Jan. 1 1991

by Mary Stewart (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,332 ratings
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    coronet
  3. Publication date
    Jan. 1 1991
  4. Dimensions
    11.1 x 17.8 x 1.6 cm
  5. ISBN-10
    0340013958
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0340013953
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ coronet (Jan. 1 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0340013958
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0340013953
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 145 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.1 x 17.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,332 ratings

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Mary Stewart

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Lady Mary Stewart, born Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow, was a popular English novelist, and taught at the school of John Norquay elementary for 30 to 35 years.

She was one of the most widely read fiction writers of our time. The author of twenty novels, a volume of poetry, and three books for young readers, she was admired for both her contemporary stories of romantic suspense and her historical novels. Born in England, she lived for many years in Scotland, spending time between Edinburgh and the West Highlands. Mary Stewart's legacy as an author is vast. She is considered by many to be the mother of the modern romantic suspense novel. She was among the first to integrate mystery and love story, seamlessly blending the two elements in such a way that each strengthens the other.

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Plentynine
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2023
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I’ve been a fan of Mary Stewart since I was a kid. The Crystal Cake and Hollow Hills were my favourite collection. I’ve just discovered the rest of her books in the last few months and have enjoyed every one of them. So glad I discovered them and now a fan as adult as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love the book
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2022
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I have this in paper back as well
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anneinthenorth
4.0 out of 5 stars An exciting story
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2014
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This is among my favorite mary Stewart books, with the two other stories set in Greece (Moonspinners and This Rough Magic). Mary Stewart does a very good job of evoking the scenery, developing the characters, and explaining the political undercurrents.
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Sylvia Jansen
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 4, 2018
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I’ve always been a fan of Mary Stewart’s books. This holds up extremely well in todays’ market.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 13, 2018
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The books by this author are an old favourite of mine...it was great to read them again!
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Terry Little
5.0 out of 5 stars Great bood and service
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2013
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Item was as advertised and came within the allotted time frame. My wife loved the read and will read more from MS
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Misfit
4.0 out of 5 stars "Nothing ever happens to me..."
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2009
As Camilla Haven sits in a cafe in Athens and writes those very words in a letter to her sister, she has no idea the twists and turns her life is soon going to take. A strange man comes and gives her the keys to a rental car, telling her she must take it to Monsieur Simon in Delphi right away - a matter of life and death. Since she had wanted to go to Delphi and no one comes to claim the car Camilla decides on a lark to take the car and go and she soon finds herself mixed up in a mystery involving Simon Lester. Simon has come to visit the scene where his brother was murdered during WWII, and to discover the secret behind his death that has laid buried under the rubble of an earthquake.

And that is all I'm going to tell you. In true Stewart fashion, Camilla and Simon's story take many twists and turns along with the prerequisite nail biting life and death conclusion. While plot wise I didn't enjoy this quite as much as The Moon Spinners (things got a bit slow in the middle), I very much enjoyed Stewarts magical descriptions of the Greek countryside, and most especially the ruins at Delphi. Wow, just wow, I was all over the net looking for pictures and seriously considered booking a trip to see for myself. Nobody but nobody in this genre does it better, it's like being there.
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Loves to laugh
5.0 out of 5 stars The book I measure all others to
Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2012
This is Mary Stewart - and romantic suspense - at its very best. In fact, this is the book I measure all others to. Daphne DuMaurier came close in Rebecca (okay, I'll give it a tie) but when I want to remind myself why I started writing in the first place, My Brother Michael is the book I reread. Just one of the many things I love about it: the hero is intellectual, but when the chips are down, responds in a very primitive male way to protect the heroine. My kind of guy. In fact, I envy all you who haven't read this book yet. I'd love to read it for the 'first time' again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heat, dust, high emotion in a classical setting - brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2020
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I was drawn immediately into the tale wishing our heroine had more oomph! The narrative draws you in and on. You can see the blue of sea and sky, taste the dust, expire in the heat. The ending is incredible....I should add I have been a fan of Mary Stewart's since I was 15!
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S. Henley
5.0 out of 5 stars Delphic adventures and suspense
Reviewed in Australia on August 19, 2017
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I read all Mary Stewart's books over and over again. And this is a favourite, that together with the Moon Spinners, and This Rough Magic made me fall in love with Greece and the Adriatic. She is just so good at building a scene with her words that you can feel the dry dusty heat beating on the back of your neck, and smell the herbal scent of the hillside bushes and olive trees. And then there are the stories. My Brother Michael, like a few of her other books, has its plot roots in familial tragedy and loss based in WWII. And the search for understanding and resolution leads to and through the machinations of others into danger. And beauty, and ultimately an unexpected and very British love affair.
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4.0 out of 5 stars conflict of ages
Reviewed in Germany on August 14, 2014
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My Brother Michael

Always interesting to go back to this novel after having reading it several years ago already. I reread this book whilst I was in Delphi itself, and it captures the atmosphere of the location perfectly (at least for what it must have been in the sixties, though things have changed rather a lot now: it is no longer possible to walk around the site freely.)

Interesting characters, and a plot that grips you right from the beginning. The story plunges you into the atmosphere of the classical world, but has a very strong thriller dimension. A pleasant, quick, intelligent read. One can easily get sentimental about Greece from 50 years ago reading this story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2023
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These stories are vivid and glorious and beautiful. I felt swept along to Greece, feeling the heat of the sunshine glare and the feel of the land. And Camilla and Simon were excellent to watch as the story unfolded.
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Podraigh O'MacFlabberty
4.0 out of 5 stars Delphic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2013
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This was my first Mary Stewart, and I must say I did enjoy it. We're in a sort of female Eric Ambler world, here, without the politics: Europe in the 1950s, with the War looming large in the collective memory; this plot, though, is wholly personal.

Told from the point of view of the accidental heroine, the story gets off to a rather tediously drawn-out start (perhaps it's just old fashioned, this idea that driving a car is such a big deal!), but soon gathers a pretty good momentum, picking up some nicely unpleasant characters on the way. I loved the whole mental landscape: pure young James Mason as directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Greece in general, and Delphi in particular, are rendered beautifully, and credibly. Apollo, too, makes a welcome appearance.
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