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The Wind off the Small Isles and the Lost One

The Wind Off the Small Isles is beloved author Mary Stewart`s long-lost novella, now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years and perfect for fans of Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier and Santa Montefiore.1879. Lanzarote. A wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family distraught.1968. Perdita West, secretary to a famous author, visits Lanzarote on a research trip and begins to fall in love with the unusual, beautiful little island. When, while snorkelling, a landslide traps Perdita in an underwater cave, her efforts to save herself will reveal what happened to the ill-fated couple who fell in love at this very spot almost a century ago …This paperback edition also includes the recently rediscovered short story `The Lost One`, first published in Woman`s Journal in 1960, and set against the backdrop of unfenced country and dark winding valleys at night.