The Lady
They are the Caradynes, who for over 200 years have bred and trained horses of the finest caliber on Coernanagh. But all is not idyllic at hearth and home. Catriona, the youngest child, longs to ride her family's big jumpers and show horses. Her father Michael, recognizes her gift, but her mother...
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They are the Caradynes, who for over 200 years have bred and trained horses of the finest caliber on Coernanagh. But all is not idyllic at hearth and home. Catriona, the youngest child, longs to ride her family's big jumpers and show horses. Her father Michael, recognizes her gift, but her mother hates the very idea. All is in a stalemate until Lady Selina Healy enters their lives, and provides for Catriona and her father a stunning example of how the reins of power can be held by a glorious, fearless woman.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345356741 (0345356748)
ASIN: 345356748
Publish date: October 12th 1988
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Irish Literature,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Animals,
Horses
I like this book though it seems a bit bi-polar in the sense that it seems to start off as a YA book, about a girl, but then changes to a book about her father. Strangely enough, it actually works. In some ways, this is better than the Pern novels for all the characters seem fully developed, even ...
Why is it that mothers are trying to suppress their daughters in so many of Ms. McCaffrey's books? It's a bit depressing for me. Lady is like a fairy godmother in this book. She makes the mother look horrible and well, a terrible wife too. I would rather be Lady than the mother. This story is a...
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