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The Ivy Tree
- Narrated by: Amy Molloy
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
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The Ivy Tree
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Summary
Mary Stewart, one of the great British storytellers of the 20th century, transports listeners to rural Northumberland for this tale of romance, ambition and deceit - a perfect fit for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym.
Whitescar is a beautiful old house and farm situated in Roman Wall country. It will make a rich inheritance for its heirs, but in order to secure it, they enlist the help of a young woman named Mary who bears remarkable resemblance to missing Whitescar heiress Annabel Winslow. Their deception will spark a powder keg of ambition, obsession and long-dead love.
The ivy had reached for the tree and only the tree's upper branches managed to thrust the young gold leaves of early summer through the strangling curtain. Eventually the ivy would kill it....
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Critic reviews
"There are few to equal Mary Stewart." (Daily Telegraph)
"Mary Stewart is magic." (New York Times)
"One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century." (Independent)
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- Marianne Caton
- 19-08-23
Not as I remember
I had saved this Mary Stewart till last because it had been my favourite when I first read it 45 years ago and the complaints about the narrator made me reluctant to have it spoiled.
In the event I thought the narrator was fine. But oh dear! 45 years had played havoc with my memories! I will not give away the plot, but I was very fed up to discover that the character I have been in love with for so many years turns out not to have been the romantic lead after all. So I was majorly annoyed with the ending.
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- MsZ
- 18-08-19
Great story but .......
Oh dear what a pity that such a good story is marred by poor pronunciation of certain ‘Northumbrian’ words/place names. If ‘Annabel’ had turned up and talked about ‘BellingHam’ and referred to the the neighbour as ‘FenWick’ there would have been no story as she would have been instantly ‘outed’. ‘Annabel’ would have known without being told that the village is pronounced as ‘BellingJM’ and the neighbour’s name as ‘FeNik’. So an otherwise good reading is marred by lack of attention to detail and poor basic research.
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- Janice
- 03-09-19
Loved it!
I was delighted to find Mary Stewart on Audible and am very greedily making my way through them starting with The Ivy Tree as one of my favourites. I agree with some other reviewers that the narration was not perfect but after the first few minutes I really didn’t care and honestly it wasn’t that bad anyway.
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- Patrick
- 07-09-19
Get the accents right, please.
A very enjoyable Mary Stewart classic and, on the whole, the restrained delivery of the narrator served to increase the slightly gothic tone to the story. However, though I understand the use of a narrator with a transatlantic accent in this particular case (main character, supposedly with Canadian accent, narrating the story), isn’t it possible to use bounce actors who can actually do English accents without making a mess of them. The Northumbrian characters all speak with a garbled Yorkshire twang, and those who are supposed to be “Geordies” have some lamentable twisted version of Liverpudlian Scouse.
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- Jan
- 17-08-23
0* for terrible accents
Great story but eebygum ?cod Yorkshire? for the Northumbrian 'yokels' and a Canadian accented protagonist supposedly Northumbrian but can't pronounce Newcastle, scone or hawthorn...Just terrible
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- Anonymous User
- 14-03-24
Love finds a way
This is one of my favourite books my only criticism is that many words are mispronounced.
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- John Mike
- 12-09-22
Excellent.
Excellent. Captivating story with lots of twists and turns. A great read can't wait for the next book.
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- Sarah Cardew
- 10-03-23
Fantastic performance by Amy Molloy
A second rate novel, not very thrilling or romantic as I failed to engage with any of the characters. Static and overwritten. Unconvincing and full of repetition and inconsistencies. I listened to it for my book group otherwise I would have binned it. Very well read.
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- Helen
- 24-11-23
Classic Mary Stewart
A classic of its time, and still worth a listen. The narrator’s drawl was much too slow for me, and after the first chapter I played it through at the 1.2 speed, which made it more enjoyable.
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- John Young
- 13-11-21
One her best, However!
This is one of my favourite Mary Stewart books, However, The narrator is not suitable for this book and has made it hard to concentrate on, I found myself zoning out on numerous occasions.
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