The Perilous Gard

The Perilous Gard

By Elizabeth Marie Pope

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company (1974)

Pages: 280

Genre: Fantasy

Kate is sent to a place known as the Perilous Gard when her sister wrote a letter to Queen Mary about how unfair she was being to her sister the Princess Elizabeth. The Perilous Gard has many secrets and, for the most part, she is skillfully kept from them by the gentleman in charge of care of the estate. She starts to talk to Christopher Heron, and learns about the disappearance of a little girls. Kate learns more than she should and her and Christopher Heron are taken to the land of the fairies so the teind could be paid and the fairy's secrets could be kept.

This book is best read in the dark. It leaves so much for the imagination to work and you can almost feel the weight. I love this book. There is so much in it. I love the character of Kate and how she changes through out the book. Christopher is also quite the character and he changes as well. I would recommend this to those who want to read it.

Also written by this author: The Sherwood Ring