Mary Wesley

One There was no wind; sea flat as a plate met sky the same colour as the water. Only an occasionai glint betrayed their meeting. The beach sloped so slowly to meet the sea it might have been an illusion that it inclined at all. Sand, dry as a biscuit near the shore, changed colour gradually,...

INTRODUCTIONThe beginning of this novel is brilliant. We quickly know, without any laborious feeling that we are being force-fed information, what Helena is like, and what her husband Richard is like, and why. Before we meet them - or before they arrivé off the London train - we know about their...

Mary Wesley was born near Windsor in 1912. Her education took her to the London School of Economics and during the War she worked in The War Office. She has alsó worked part-time in the antiques trade. Mary Wesley has lived in London, Francé, Italy, Germany and several places in the West Country....

Mary Wesley was bora near Windsor in 1912. Her education took her to the London School of Economics and during the War she worked in the War Office. She has alsó worked part-time in the antique trade. Mary Wesley has lived in London, Francé, Italy, Germany and several places in the West Country....

Matildas ungewöhnliches Treiben hatte Gus schon die ganze Woche nervös gemacht. Er trampelte um das Haus herum, spähte durch die Verandafenster herein, reckte den Hals durch offene Türen, den Kopf mit den hellen Augen lauschend zur Seite geneigt. Sie hörte seine Füße über den Klinkerweg...

Helena Cuthbertson picked up the crumpled Times by her sleeping husband and went to the flower room to iron it. When she had suggested they should buy two copies of the paper, so that each could enjoy it in its pristine state, Richard had flared into rage and his accusations of extravagance had...

When Juno Marlowe finds herself caught in the middle of a London air raid, she is quickly rescued by an elegant gentleman who offers her shelter and a mysterious invitation to his father's country estate. The next morning he is dead, and she is once again alone with nowhere to go. At seventeen,...