The Lady [Hardcover]

ANNE MCCAFFREY (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 1987

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.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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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. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 461 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (October 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345336755
• ISBN-13: 978-0345336750
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,024,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction's most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars McCaffrey's Ireland is every bit as real as her Pern., May 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lady (Mass Market Paperback)

McCaffrey's foray into mainstream fiction is a departure from her usual fantasy/science fiction worlds, but to a horse lover, it's every bit as successful. I've read my copy of this book so many times that the pages are literally falling out.

The Lady is set in Ireland in the early 1970s. It is the story of Michael Carradyne, owner of Cornanagh Stud trapped in a loveless marriage; his daughter Catriona, a girl on the edge of womanhood who must come to terms with her parents' conflicting plans for her future; and Selena Healy, a wealthy neighbor who has realized too late that her heart belongs to horses and to Cornanagh.

The Lady is a horse-lover's dream. When I miss my own horses, I open this book and feel a little less homesick. McCaffrey has created characters so real that I have to fight the urge to look for them when I visit Ireland.

If you're not a lover of horses, this book may not be for you, but if you are, I wholeheartedly recommend it

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've read this so many times the pages are falling out, February 15, 2000

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"rarebookswelldone" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lady (Mass Market Paperback)

Anne, Anne, when will you gift us with a sequel to this wonderful story? As a long time lover of and collector of horse stories, I was thrilled to discover this book. It has everything I enjoy in a story...horses, a young girl with big dreams, a couple of lovers with great obstacles to overcome, and a whole background of heartwarming characters, with a few bad guys thrown in to add spice. As I said, Anne, Anne, when can we have a sequel?

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-Fi Fan's Review, December 17, 1999

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Roy Henry (Washington, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lady (Mass Market Paperback)

I have enjoyed ALL of Anne McCaffrey's Sci-Fi's but I have learned that her occasional forays into other genre are refreshing and mind opening. As always her characters are well developed to the point that they seem like old friends and the story is well told and captivating from the first chapter. Even if you only read SF you'll like this book