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The Ivy Tree

  • 1961 first published
  • 320 pages
  • ★ 4.5 (14 ratings)
  • 33 editions

Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree (1961) is a romantic suspense novel. Much of the action takes place in England and Northumberland. Key subjects include missing persons, false personation, personnes disparues and supposition de personne.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, and 78 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 33 editions across 3 languages.

At about 320 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About The Ivy Tree

A TRICK OF COLORING... HER WALK... THE WAY SHE SMILED... An English June in the Roman Wall countryside; the ruin of a beautiful old house standing cheek-by-jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of the manor farm - a lovely place, and a rich inheritance for one of the two remaining Winslow heirs. There had been a third, but Annabel Winslow had died four years ago - so when a young woman calling herself Annabel Winslow comes 'home' to Whitescar, Con Winslow and his half-sister Lisa must find out whether she really is who she says she is. Mary Grey has nothing to look forward to except a future as colorless as her name. So if she looks, walks, and smiles so much like the glamorous missing heiress Annabel Winslow, why not be her for a little while? To the lonely young woman--living in a dreary furnished room, faced with an uncertain future--the impersonation offered intriguing possibilities. If Mary looked so much like the missing heiress, why should she not be an heiress? And so plain Mary became the glamorous Annabel. But she did not live happily ever after. In fact, she almost did not live at all. Because someone wanted Annabel Winslow missing ... permanently.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • England
  • Northumberland
  • Northumberland, England
  • Northumberland, Angleterre

Subjects

  • Missing persons
  • False personation
  • Romance
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Suspense romance
  • Thrillers
  • England
  • Personnes disparues
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Supposition de personne

Quick answers

Who wrote The Ivy Tree?

The Ivy Tree was written by Mary Stewart and first published in 1961.

What genre is The Ivy Tree?

It is usually shelved as Romantic Suspense.

How long is The Ivy Tree?

The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Ivy Tree?

Readers who like it often enjoy Second Sight, The Eye of Osiris and Jamaica Inn.

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