(Larger Image)
|
Greygallows
by Barbara Michaels (Narrator: Jacqueline King)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Audio Partners (2000-06)
ISBN: 1572701412
EAN: 9781572701410
UPC: 601531114145
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
SKU: 01MB-083-7-1008
Condition: G-
Comments: UNABRIDGED; EX-LIBRARY with typical stickers and markings; 8 audiocassettes in library packaging with original artwork; Case shows significant wear/cracking but holds together well; Everything appears to be in order; While we cannot test our thousands of hours of media, we guarantee them to play well. *International Buyers Welcome!* (except for prohibitively heavy items, as noted) - Satisfied customers in over 40 countries! We ship quickly and guarantee satisfaction. Your purchase helps support a U. Chicago student
|
Editorial Reviews
|
Product Description
Not knowing the past of her charming and handsome suitor, Lucy Cartwright accepts his marriage proposal. Innocently following Baron Clare to his estate, Lucy has no idea that he is leading her into a world of betrayal and danger. Suddenly she realizes the man of her fondest dreams has become the source of her worst nightmares, and she must devise a way out
|
Customer Reviews
|
Couldn't Wait To Get To The End
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-01-02
I buy these books to read on my lunch hour when I'm working, in order to pass the time. I usually don't read at home, because my time is so limited. Greygallows is the first book I've read by Barbara Michaels, and after the first 150 pages, I brought the book home and finished Greygallows that night. I couldn't put it down! Full of suspense!
|
|
Disappointing at best
Rating  (2)
Date: 2007-03-28
I buy these books to read on the beach or on airplanes, so i am not expecting anything other than an entertaining read. Even with these low standards, I found this book derivative and not even a very good copy at that.
|
|
GOTHIC SUSPENSE...
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-11-26
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a novel in the gothic tradition and one that fans of Victoria Holt will enjoy. The events in the book take place in the first half of the nineteenth century. Young Lucy Cartwright finds herself orphaned at the age of seven, after a terrible carriage accident kills both her parents and leaves her with a permanent limp. Sent to a school for girls in Canterbury, England, Lucy is spoiled by the headmistress, who caters to Lucy's whims. After all, the pretty Lucy is heiress to a vast fortune.
When she turned sixteen, Lucy's term at school ends, when her deceased mother's sister, Lady Russell, decides to interject herself into Lucy's life, and find her niece a husband. There is no love lost between Lucy and her aunt, as Lady Russell's intention is to rid herself of her niece as soon as is decently possible. When the handsome Baron Clare, owner of Greygallows, a magnificent estate located in the moors of Yorkshire, enters her life, Lady Russell sees to it that a match is made, despite the scandalous rumours that swirl about the Baron.
When Baron Clare and Lucy inevitably marry, she leaves behind London, a failed romance with her piano teacher, and Jonathan, her solicitor's clerk, whose friendship she treasures. After all, he is the one person with whom she can be herself. When she arrives at Greygallows, suddenly her life changes yet again, as the man she married undergoes a change in personality. Moreover, it turns out that Greygallows has a ghostly apparition that makes itself manifest. These, and other events, makes Lucy realize that something portentous is about to happen.
I have always been partial to gothic novels of suspense, so I very much enjoyed this one. While much of it was predictable, there were a few twists and turns in the tale. It is a novel to be read leisurely in one sitting with a good cup of tea.
|
|
Not Her Best - But Not Bad
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-12-28
This was not one of Mrs. Michael's best works, but it still wasn't half bad. I enjoyed it, even though it was a slow read. I found it interesting, but didn't have any trouble putting it down. The ending was very climactic, but after the slow pace set in the previous pages the ending felt way too rushed.
|
|
Good author, plodding book
Rating  (3)
Date: 2001-09-21
This was my first time reading a book by Barbara Michaels. I thought the basic story was good, however the book read very slowly. I certainly wasn't kept in suspense. The characters really didn't flesh out well until very far into the book, just past the half way through point. Once the seemingly endless process of getting Lucy married off is over and the story focuses on Greygallows, the pace picks up and the plot of the story takes form. I will give the author another try, but wouldn't recommend buying this book. It was just ok, nothing special.
|
|
Questions about any of our books? Would you like us to send you additional photographs? You are invited to contact us!
rwnye@masstraderbooks.com
(231) 670-6424
|
|