The Gabriel Hounds

Pages: 336
Published: 1972
Language: English

Christy Mansel and her cousin Charles find themselves in Damascus, where their adventurous spirit leads them to visit their eccentric Great-Aunt Harriet uninvited. They arrive at Dar Ibrahim, an ancient, crumbling palace in High Lebanon, only to discover a sinister reason behind the family's strict rule against unannounced guests. Breaking into this imposing edifice was one thing, but escaping it may prove to be an even greater challenge.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Adventurous Atmospheric

Locked Room Fish Out of Water

Gothic Mystery Romance Thriller History Suspense Travel

Mary Stewart

Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow was born on 12 September 1916 in Sunderland, England, the United Kingdom. She graduated from Durham University, from where she received an honorary D.Litt in 2009. She was a lecturer in English Language and Literature there until her marriage in 1945 to Sir Frederick Stewart, former chairman of the Geology Department of Edinburgh University, who died in 2001. Lady Mary Stewart was author of twenty novels, a volume of poetry, and three books for young readers, she...