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 Stewart, Mary
"This Rough Magic". "This Rough Magic" is set on Corfu, an island sometimes suggested as the setting of "The Tempest". The title is a quote from that play. Miranda and Spiro are the (Greek) twin godchildren of an eccentric actor named Sir Julian Gale.
"Madam, Will you Talk" is set in France, "The Moonspinners" in Greece, but not on Corfu, and "Touch Not the Cat" mainly in England.
Her cousin Charles. Christy is in love with her cousin Charles, but hasn't quite realised it. Cousin romance occurs in another of Mary Stewart's books as well.
Adoni appears in "This Rough Magic", Max Gale is the hero of "This Rough Magic" and I made the other man up.
She doesn't know his true identity. Bryony has known her lover (whom she calls "Ashley") for years through their loving telepathic bond. She believes she might know him in the flesh, too, and that he is probably one of her cousins. Her main suspects are the twins, James and Emory Ashley, with an outside bet on Francis, their younger brother. In fact it turns out to be someone else entirely, a distant cousin.
Both concern missing persons who apparently show up years later.. Both books deal with imposture, and with characters apparently returning after a long absence. Both "returnees" know things that it seems only the missing person could know. However, in one case the "returnee" (Brat) is not the person he pretends to be, and in the other the "returnee" (Annabel) *is* the person she pretends, but she pretends she isn't. Confused? Brat and Annabel both have excellent reasons for caution. Someone is out to get them. Still, or again. As for the twins - "Brat Farrar" has two sets, "The Ivy Tree" none.
"Thornyhold". "Thornyhold" is one of Mary Stewart's later books, written after the Merlin series. It is slight but enjoyable, lacking the life-or-death situations of the early novels but touched with a kind of magic.
"Stormy Petrel" and "Rose Cottage" are also late books while "Wildfire at Midnight" is an early one.
"Touch Not the Cat". In "Touch Not the Cat", Bryony and her new husband Rob are caught in a flood orchestrated by Bryony's twin cousins. This is one of Mary Stewart's most explicit love scenes (and that's not saying much!).
"The Gabriel Hounds". "The Gabriel Hounds" have to do with the legend of the Wild Hunt. They are otherwise known as "Yell Hounds" in some stories. "This Rough Magic" is a quote from "The Tempest".
Camlach. Camlach returns home from battles and seems to take a liking to Myrrdin the bastard.
Apricot. Camlach was afraid that Myrddin's father would return, making him king, so he decided to attempt to murder Myrddin. Luckily, Myrddin's sight saved him.
To marry Niniane. Myrddin's grandfather was always trying to get Niniane to either tell who Myrddin's father was or to marry another.
Cerdic. Cerdic is really more of a friend than a servant, but he takes care of Myrddin and brings him what he needs. He is the first to call Myrddin "Master".
Himself, reflected in the mirror. He sees someone moving in the cave and when he gets closer, he sees it is his reflection in the mirror. This mirror also reflects the light from the front of the cave into the darkness deep in the cave.
Galapas. Galapas was an old man who was very wise and also had the sight. He takes it upon himself to educate Myrddin.
Yes. When he lays in the cave, he sees visions. The one that ends up changing his life is when he sees that the king is dead and that Camlach is the new king.
falcon. He watches the falcon attack the ring-dove. It stuns itself in the attack, so Myrddin takes it home to nurse it.
Cerdic. Cerdic was filling the lamps and he had spilled some oil on the stairs. Before he could get back to clean it up, the king slipped and died from the injuries.
funeral pyre. The Saxons believed the best way to get to the afterlife was through a funeral pyre.
Cerdic's. He trades daggers with Cerdic right before he starts a fire because Myrddin believes he will have more use for Cerdic's dagger.
Ambrosius. While Merlin was trying to escape the palace after his grandfather was murdered, two men capture him and decide to take him to Ambrosius.
He went out the window and down the docking ropes. The poor kid was dressed in old sacks, but he hovered out the window, grabbed the ropes and climbed down to the shore.
Cattle. The shed that Merlin decides to hide in is holding many cattle. Uther later comes in and demands that his horse be kept in there as well.
White bull. The vision showed a man fighting with a white bull and defeating it.
Uther's. Uther had stored his horse in the shed Merlin was hiding in and Merlin stole it to keep warm.
Cadal. Cadal was very close to Ambrosius at first, but Ambrosius assigned him to take care of Merlin.
Mithras. Worship of Mithras is illegal, yet Ambrosius and his men participate in it anyway.
Belasius. Belasius is not as easy a tutor as Demetrius was, but Merlin learns much from him.
Belasius. Belasius is the head priest. Mother worship is illegal in the land, but occasionally, the druids get together to perform a ritual.
Scream. Merlin hears a desperate scream from within the woods and rides to investigate. He accidentally comes upon a druid ritual.
King of Britain. Merlin had some type of foresight that while he and Ambrosius are discussing their relationship, Merlin says, "Who wouldn't pick the King of Britain as their father?"
Tremorinus. Tremorinus is the master engineer, but Merlin has a great talent and is often asked to complete tasks that Tremorinus cannot.
Stonehenge. This landmark is called "The Giant's Dance" in this book.
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