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The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she's at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason. As if Greywethers were a portal between worlds, she finds herself transported into seventeenth-century England, becoming Mariana, a young woman struggling against danger and treachery, and battling a forbidden love.
Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past - until she realizes Mariana's life is threatening to eclipse her own, and she must find a way to lay the past to rest or lose the chance for happiness in her own time.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
HAUNTING...SPELLBINDING...POIGNANT,
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This review is from: Mariana (Unbound)
It is no wonder that this book won the 1993 Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize! It is a wonderful book written in the best Gothic tradition. Those who love the works of Anya Seton, Barbara Erskine, Victoria Holt, and Catherine Cookson, will love reading "Mariana". It is, without a doubt, a great read.The book takes the main character, Julia Beckett, to a past life, after she purchases a beautiful old sixteenth century house named Greywethers. She has loved the house and been drawn to it ever since she was a young child. Once she moves in, however, life as she knew it ends, and life as Mariana, one half of a pair of star crossed lovers, begins. Mariana lived in the seventeenth century. She and her beloved, Richard de Mornay, the lord of Crofton Hall Manor, were never to live happily ever after, as their life together came to an abrupt end. Yet, they were to be reunited, as his dying words prophesied. It awaited Julia to make things come full circle. As Julia undergoes a past life regression and relives portions of Mariana's life, she ultimately realizes that the past is often found in the present. More important, what once went wrong in the past, may be made right in the present. This spellbinding book is sure to captivate the reader. Buy this book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favourite Kearsley book,
By defatbroad (Etobicoke, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mariana (Unbound)
This is the first of Kearsley's books, and by far is my favourite. I rarely read books more than once, and I have re-read this one numerous times. Definitely worth reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written, impossible to put down!,
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This review is from: Mariana (Unbound)
I can't possibly begin to describe what a wonderful book this is. The author drags you into the story until you become so immersed in it that you can't put the book down. Even after the last page is read the images remain with you for a long time. This is one of those books that can be read and reread and not lose its magic. I have lent Mariana to many of my friends and everyone has loved it. I believe that, with this book, we are seeing the emergence of a great storyteller.
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