The Bell at Sealey Head
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4.6 • 25 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
The bell at Sealey Head
This book, like all of her books, is wonderful. I like the way she juggles the story as it develops into three stories, Judd’s world, Ysabo’s world and the world of Gynneth’s story. But what I love most about her books is the language. It’s almost visual. And her descriptions, they almost poetic. For example, when she describes Mrs Haw, the cook, as a muzzlewhersul- I didn’t spell that right. But it was a wonderful description