My Brother Michael
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My Brother Michael is a novel by Mary Stewart, first published in 1959.
Plot summary[]
Camilla Haven has recently broken her engagement to Philip and is holidaying on her own in Greece. She is sitting in a cafe in Athens writing to Elizabeth, who would have been with Camilla but for a broken leg, when a man appears with a message about a hired car for Delphi. Camilla hasn't requested it, but no one else claims the car. She wants to visit Delphi, but was doubtful about being able to afford it. She's told that it is a matter of "life and death" and that the deposit has been paid. So, after leaving her hotel address with the café's proprietor, she drives the car to Delphi herself.
On the way she meets Simon Lester. Simon, who had been a child during the war, is in Greece to learn more about the death of his brother Michael during the Second World War (some 15 years earlier). Michael had been in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (precursor of the CIA) and had written a letter home hinting at a significant discovery. Some of the ruthless antagonists involved in theft, smuggling, and murder during the occupation of Greece in the war have now menacingly re-emerged on the scene. Camilla becomes involved in the increasingly complex and dangerous unraveling of the circumstances of Michael Lester’s death, which now threaten Camilla and Simon.
Books citing My Brother Michael[]
- Aiken, Joan, A Cluster of Separate Sparks, Pocket Books, 1973, page 16
- Barrow, Robin, An Introduction to Philosophy of Education, Routledge, 1989, page 170
- Regis, Pamela, A Natural History of the Romance Novel, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003
See also[]
- 1959 British novels
- English novels
- Novels by Mary Stewart
- Novels set in Greece
- 1950s novel stubs