The Old House at Railes

by Mary E. Pearce and Peuice Emily Pearce

Book Overview

After an eight-year silence, the highly-acclaimed author of Polsinney Harbor and Apple Tree Lean Down picks up her lyrical pen once again. Working with what James Herriot calls her sheer country magic, Pearce turns a simple tale of romance into a lush pastoral portrait of 19 th-century life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312105142
• ISBN13: 9780312105143
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Good book

This is the first book from Mrs. Pearce I read and I already plan to read more. Like Georgette Heyer, her style is fluid, supple. There are no sex scenes, no violence, no negative and troubled roles. It is a book to enjoy and that won't make you feel bad or miserable. The only complaint is the abrupt end. I actually suspect the last pages of my edition were missing...

Great story of romance, entrigue

I read the condensed version of this story in a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. Martin Cox a young man is a stone mason working for his father, Rufus Cox. Through an arrangement between Martin's father and John Tarrant, a customer of Mr. Cox, Martin is tutored by the Mr. Tarrant's older daughter, Katherine. She helps him improve his speach and refine his manners. Over time Martin expands the stone mason business and becomes wealthy. He is involved with all the Tarrant family and their home "Railes." The characters are interesting, there are "good guys" and "bad buys" in the story which moves right along. I will order the complete book to read in full. I think it will be a keeper.