Elizabeth Marie Pope
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| Title | : | The Perilous Gard |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Marie Pope |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 280 pages |
| Published | : | October 29th 2001 by Houghton Mifflin (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Romance. Fairy Tales |
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In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folk—whose customs are even older than the Druids’ and include human sacrifice.Present Books In Pursuance Of The Perilous Gard
| Original Title: | The Perilous Gard |
| ISBN: | 0618150730 (ISBN13: 9780618150731) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Kate Sutton, Christopher Heron |
| Setting: | Derbyshire, England,1558(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (1975), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1976) |
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Delightful read. This was also rather unique. It fit the Tudor (1558)Hatfield and Norfolk placements to a superb degree. The combination of genre was also, IMHO, highly unusual. Not completely historical fiction, not truly a novel of manners and guile, not cored in romance, crossing cultural boundaries with the "other" economic class. And skirting the magical and characters of myth? Or clan, as in a much older society form? Regardless, the writing and thought patterns of our lady protagonistAn excellent story reworking the legend of Tam Lin, that is my first read of a retelling for this story that's a Beauty and the Beast type of tale from the British Isles. I'd already read Pope's only other book and loved it, so I expected this to be good despite my doubts over the period setting (Tudor England). It didn't disappoint, but it does have less of the couple chemistry, the humour and the charm of "The Sherwood Ring" to me. I did like the impressive balance of historical realism and
8/6/19: Stayed up way too late to finish listening to the audiobook. Everything I said below still applies.9/29/15: I actually read this twice this year because:1) It is one of the best historical fantasies ever written;2) I didn't review it the first time, lost the immediacy, and had to read it again to do it justice;3) Because Feelings;4) It takes me like two hours to read it. Seriously. Why wouldn't I spend two hours this way?The Perilous Gard was written in a time before people really knew
Originally posted here.I've had my copy of The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope since 2007 and I only got to read it recently. I don't know why I kept putting it off but I'm glad I finally picked it up. I've heard such good things about it and I believe I got the original recommendation for this from Sounis. I've been meaning to put up a Retro Friday post for a while and since this is an oldie but goodie, it seemed perfect for the meme.Kate is a lady's maid to Lady Elizabeth, sister to the
Wonderful! A sort of retelling of Tam Lin, without the pregnant lover part. As you very well know, TWUE WUV is a powerful weapon when dealing with fairy folk. They may not be able to speak lies, but there's almost always a trick to be played.Clever Kate has been exiled to The Perilous Gard, a remote fortress, merely for not being as charming as her sister. She meets her guardian's brother, Christopher, and forms an immediate dislike. Wary of one another, they begin a reluctant friendship - which
The Perilous Gard was a reread for me somewhat at random, in fact. Its just by my elbow in my new desk/shelf set-up, and I was procrastinating on my assignment, and I found myself reading it And I have no idea why I rated it so poorly before. The writing is great; you can envision every scene, whether it be the sumptuous bedroom Kate awakes in or a grassy hollow in the wood, the overhanging threat of stone and stone and more stone or the brightness of a Faerie gathering. It makes every scene
Books like The Perilous Gard remind me of why I love to read.Our story begins in England, summer of 1558, in an unpleasant castle where Princess Elizabeth Tudor keeps a small retinue, ever watched and harassed by her angry half-sister, Queen Mary. I knew right away that I was in good hands because Elizabeth Marie Pope conveys deftly that Mary bullied Elizabeth without making the older royal out to be a one-dimensional monster. One of Elizabeths ladies-in-waiting, a stupid beauty named Alicia
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