Mary Stewart Trivia

1. As the book begins, the heroine, Bryony Ashley, is working on which holiday island?

From Quiz Touch Not the Cat

Answer: Madeira

Bryony describes herself as not particularly well qualified for work. She has obtained her post as a tourist guide and receptionist through family connections. The first chapter also introduces the main theme of the book - her ability to communicate telepathically with the man, as yet unknown to both her (and us), with whom she has fallen in love. From him, she receives a message to tell her that her father needs her - a message that reaches her before the more traditional method of a telephone call.

From Quiz "Nine Coaches Waiting" by Mary Stewart

Answer: Her employer wanted an English girl

Her employer Heloise de Valmy has made it abundantly clear that she requires the new governess to be an English girl. Linda lucidly remembers Madame's insistence upon having an English girl. With some reluctance, she pretends that she can neither speak nor understand French.

From Quiz Madam, Will You Talk?

Answer: Teachers in a private school

Prior to her marriage to Johnny Selborne, Charity had been the French Mistress at the Alice Drupe Private School for Girls. Louise was still there as Art Mistress. The book is set not long after the end of WWll and is a slice of life of the time.

From Quiz The Moonspinners

Answer: Naiads of Greek legends

Legends has it that three naiads stroll through the land at night, spinning the light of the moon onto their spindles to make the nights safe for the hunted creatures. When all of the moonlight is on the spindles, the naiads wash it in the sea and the light unravels. Over the following weeks the light returns to the moon and then the naiads start their spinning again. Nicola, the heroine of the book, saw an egret at the start of the story.

From Quiz Thornyhold

Answer: A crystal ball

Geillis Ramsey was a lonely child and the three visits by her Godmother, or Sponsor as she preferred to be known, were lovingly remembered highlights. The first visit was during the last summer at the country parish where her father was vicar. Together the two Geillis watched a nymph emerge from a pond and transform into a dragonfly. They also saw a family of hedgehogs. The second visit was just before cousin Geillis set off on a trip to New Zealand. She brought a collie as a companion for the child. The dog was sent away by the child's mother shortly afterwards and was never seen again. Cousin Geillis returned a third and final time to visit Jilly at her boarding school in the Lake District. Jilly looked into the crystal ball brought by her cousin and saw a flock of homing pigeons. Cousin Geillis had recently bought a house, but did not give any details. Jilly had owned a rabbit for a short time before her mother had returned it.

From Quiz Stormy Petrel

Answer: A bird and a pleasure boat

The storm petrel is the smallest of all sea birds and only comes in to land to breed. In the book, a nesting colony of these birds is on Seal Island, a tiny island visited by the heroine. The "Stormy Petrel" is a boat hired by one of the two main male characters in the book. The other hires a boat called "Sea Otter".

From Quiz Airs Above the Ground

Answer: Lacy

Timothy is an important character in the book and is instrumental in the development and resolution of the plot.

From Quiz Ludo And The Star Horse

Answer: Bavaria

Ludo lives in a small village on a mountainside in Bavaria.

From Quiz Remember "My Brother Michael" by Mary Stewart?

Answer: Monsieur Simon

Camilla ends up accepting the keys of the car in a language mix up. She mistakenly says "ne", thinking this means no! In Greek, "ne" means "yes" and so the adventure begins!

From Quiz This Rough Magic

Answer: Greece

Lucy's pregnant sister was at her husband's family home on the island of Corfu.

From Quiz Images From Mary Stewart

Answer: Thunder on the Right

Jenny Silver has come to the Pyrenees to visit her cousin Gillian, who has written her about joining a convent there. Now the nuns are telling her that Gillian is dead - or is she? A story of smuggling, secrets, and just a bit of sex, with a great climax.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: Coming of the Bear"

Answer: Uther

He requested that Uther meet him there to survey Merlin's work. They discussed what their relationship would be.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: Red Dragon" by Mary Stewart

Answer: Hands

Vortigern says he will surrender when the messenger's hands grow back.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: The Wolf" by Mary Stewart

Answer: Tremorinus

Tremorinus is the master engineer, but Merlin has a great talent and is often asked to complete tasks that Tremorinus cannot.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: The Falcon" by Mary Stewart

Answer: Ambrosius

While Merlin was trying to escape the palace after his grandfather was murdered, two men capture him and decide to take him to Ambrosius.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: The Dove" by Mary Stewart

Answer: Camlach

Camlach returns home from battles and seems to take a liking to Myrrdin the bastard.

From Quiz Mary Stewart and her Mysteries

Answer: Young, female, sensible and loving.

Mary Stewart usually writes about intelligent young women of quiet habits and sensible natures. These heroines are remarkably alike, and are thrust into mysteries and adventures which usually take them by surprise.

From Quiz Touch Not the Cat

Answer: Francis

Francis is the youngest of the cousins and is away on a walking holiday for most of the book. The other two are twins, named Emory and James, and their role is much more significant. Bryony believes that one of them must be her 'secret lover', since the 'mind talking' is passed down in the Ashley family, meaning that he must be related to her.

From Quiz "Nine Coaches Waiting" by Mary Stewart

Answer: He's in a wheelchair

Leon de Valmy had an accident that left him crippled, twelve years prior to the start of the tale. When questioned about the master, Mary Seddon, a servant, tells Linda, "He'd never be one to give up because of a little thing like being crippled for life!"

From Quiz Wildfire at Midnight

Answer: Nicholas

Gianetta's marriage to Nicholas Drury had lasted barely three years. At the time of their wedding she had been nineteen and he ten years older, and a 'man of the world'. Gianetta herself had been brought up in a vicarage and felt like an adolescent with only a thin veneer of sophistication, which she believed had fooled Nicholas. Despite their separation, Gianetta is still wearing her wedding ring and using the name of Drury, but stops both once she discovers Nicholas is at the hotel.

From Quiz The Moonspinners

Answer: She saw a man's face reflected in a mountain stream

Nicola was going for a walk and decided to stop by a stream to have her lunch. She was bending over to rinse her hands when she saw a face other than her own in the water. After she saw the nearby shepherd's hut, she thought it was just a shepherd boy, but the next thing she knew was that a Greek with a knife was standing in front of her.

From Quiz Thornyhold

Answer: Watercolour studies of plants

Jilly was a solitary child, even when away at boarding school. She developed her drawing and painting skills and hoped to attend Art College, but her mother put a dampener on that. She did manage one year at Durham University before returning home upon the death of her mother, to look after her father. He had some of her watercolours framed.

From Quiz Stormy Petrel

Answer: Rose Fenemore

Rose Fenemore and her brother Crispin arranged to spend two weeks away together at the end of summer term. They chose a small Scottish island for the peace and quiet and bird life. The book is written from her perspective. Camilla Haven is in "My Brother Michael", Kate Herrick is in "Rose Cottage" and Gianetta Brooke is in "Wildfire at Midnight". All three are books by Mary Stewart.

From Quiz Rose Cottage

Answer: Goddaughter

Annie Pascoe was Kate's godmother and had been the best friend of Kate's mother. Although a different generation, Annie was a good friend to both Kate and her grandmother.

From Quiz Airs Above the Ground

Answer: Carmel and Graham

Carmel Lacy is a self centred and selfish woman, but is the character who sets Vanessa off on the adventure.

From Quiz Ludo And The Star Horse

Answer: Woodcarver

His father is a very famous woodcarver, renowned for his skill at carving. Ludo's dream is to be as good as him one day.

From Quiz Remember "My Brother Michael" by Mary Stewart?

Answer: The artists' studio on the hill

Simon invites Camilla to stay with him and the artists at the studio. Among those is a young artist who has been travelling through the hills with a donkey. The donkey plays no part in the story, although a mule is later stolen from a nearby archaeological dig!

From Quiz This Rough Magic

Answer: Banking

His family were Italian bankers.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: Coming of the Bear"

Answer: London

Maridunum is Merlin's hometown, Caerlon is Gorlois's town and Tintagel is where Ygraine is held at the end of the novel.

From Quiz "The Crystal Cave: The Wolf" by Mary Stewart

Answer: Stonehenge

This landmark is called "The Giant's Dance" in this book.

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