The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
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- Pub. Date: September 2008
- 288pp
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- Pub. Date: September 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 288pp
- ISBN-13: 9780441016303
- ISBN: 0441016308
Synopsis
An "elegant" (Library Journal) fantasy from the World Fantasy Award- winning author of Solstice Wood
Sealey Head is a small town on the edge of the ocean, a sleepy place where everyone hears the ringing of a bell no one can see. On the outskirts of town is the one truly great house, Aislinn House, where the aged Lady Eglantyne lies dying, and where the doors sometimes open not to its own dusty rooms, but to the wild majesty of a castle full of knights and princesses...
Publishers Weekly
An unseen bell haunts a seaside town and a magical mansion in this delicate fable from World Fantasy Award winner McKillip (Od Magic). Inside the baffling Aislinn House, young chambermaid Emma, opening an ordinary cabinet door, might find a rack of towels or encounter knights, crows and a lonely princess. As Lady Eglantyne, the ancient matron of the house, lies dying, her long-lost grand-niece is sent for. The townspeople are delighted by wealthy, city-bred Miranda Beryl, but suspicious of her eagerness to make herself at home and inherit the house-spellbound bell and all. Meanwhile, vacationing academic Ridley Dow's interest in Aislinn House hints at another motive for his visit to the village beside the ocean. Romantic intrigue and touches of this fantastic make this light mystery an easy and pleasant read. (Sept.)
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Patricia A. McKillip is the award-winning author of numerous novels.
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Delightful!by mandyrv80
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November 15, 2009: I love Patricia A. Mckillip. She's been a favorite author of mine for a long time. I've almost read all her books and everytime I pick one up I'm never disappointed. She just knows how to write a good fairy tale for grown ups. I look forward to reading more of her of enchanting tales.
I Also Recommend: The Book of Atrix Wolfe, The Tower at Stony Wood, Winter Rose, Ombria in Shadow, In the Forests of Serre.
fabulous thrillerby Anonymous
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July 13, 2008: The small fishing village of Sealey Head is not quite the quiet quaint place that visitors believe they see. Everyday at the last moment of sunset, a bell rings out but no one knows its origin or who is ringing the bell. Lady Eglantyne inhabits the grandest home Aislinn House in the village she knows her days are ending soon and there is nothing the healer or herbalist can do that can prevent her demise. --- The herbalist?s daughter?s maid Emma knows there is another Aislinn House within the one in the mortal realm that resides in a realm filled with knights and rituals performed everyday. Emma has seen glimpses of this medieval world when she opens a door to find the Princess Yarbo inside the room yet her highness cannot cross into the mortal realm. Scholar Ridley Dole comes to the village fascinated with Aislinn House as he believes the place is under a spell where the inhabitants are regimented like puppets whose strings are being pulled. Ridley?s ancestor Nemos Moore used magic to link the Aislinn Houses he hopes to undo his work to save the people, but is unsure how and remains ignorant to a malevolent person hiding in plain sight who will kill him to insure the status quo remains. --- Patricia A. McKillip is a brilliant fantasist who makes her two Aislinn Houses and their connection seem real. There are many interesting characters, not all human for instance the titled Bell, in this ensemble tale. Readers will ponder the source of the bell and what it means to both sides of the portal especially if it fails to ring. Somewhat a high fantasy with a minor romantic subplot, THE BELL AT SEALEY HEAD is a fabulous thriller that grips the audience from the first time the bell peals as fans will wonder ?For Whom the Bell Tolls? if the ringing stops. --- Harriet Klausner
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