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The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

de Valerie Martin

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"A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly. In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found. This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late- nineteenth-century literary society. While on a voyage to Africa, a rather hard-up and unproven young writer named Arthur Conan Doyle hears of the Mary Celeste and decides to write an outlandish short story about what took place. This story causes quite a sensation back in the United States, particularly between sought-after Philadelphia spiritualist medium Violet Petra and a rational-minded journalist named Phoebe Grant, who is seeking to expose Petra as a fraud. Then there is the family of the Mary Celeste's captain, a family linked to the sea for generations and marked repeatedly by tragedy. Each member of this ensemble cast holds a critical piece to the puzzle of the Mary Celeste. These three elements--a ship found sailing without a crew, a famous writer on the verge of enormous success, and the rise of an unorthodox and heretical religious fervor--converge in unexpected ways, in diaries, in letters, in safe harbors and rough seas. In a haunted, death-obsessed age, a ghost ship appearing in the mist is by turns a provocative mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and a tragic story of the disappearance of a family and of a bond between husband and wife that, for one moment, transcends the impenetrable barrier of death. "--… (més)
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Es mostren 1-5 de 23 (següent | mostra-les totes)
Compelling characters that pulled you along, wanting to know them better. Unfortunately, just as you started to connect with a character, the author discarded that character in a mystery. Wholly unfulfilling. The last twenty pages, in which the author could have offered some closure at least, instead offered more questions and red herrings. I'm wondering if i was supposed to know more about the myth before reading the book? Halfway through, I would have recommended it widely. After finishing it, not at all. ( )
  zizabeph | May 7, 2023 |
Don't pick this book up expecting it to be about the Mary Celeste and what happened as it doesn't have much about it, you will be disappointed.

Thr first part of the story follows two sisters, Sarah and Hannah. Hannah seems to have special powers, a clairvoyant. This first section I was really enjoying and would have liked the story to continue with the sisters. In this section there is no mention of the Mary Celeste as it takes place before.

The next part then switches and we now follow Arthur Conan Doyle on a ship to Africa. I am thinking what on earth is going on. Mr Doyle is known to have an interest in spiritualism so as the story progressed I can see how he ties in. There is a brief mention of a ghost ship in the mist. This section wasn't for me and apart for introducing Arthur Conan Doyle I couldn't see the point.

Skip to the next section and we follow a journalist Pheobe who is looking into and befriends a renowned clairvoyant Voilet Petra. Again this section I did like and again wished the book had been a bit more of this. Again the Mary Celeste is mentioned as the connections all come together.

Overall although I enjoyed snippets in the book I wasn't overall impressed. The story jumped about too much and by the time I had reached the end which was set on the Mary Celeste I had totally lost interest. Very disappointed. ( )
  tina1969 | Mar 24, 2023 |
Five stars seems excessive, but I really can't find anything to complain about. The writing is excellent, and Martin is an impressive storyteller. Martin does the crew and family of the Mary Celeste justice by not presuming to solve their mystery even as she fictionalizes their experience.

This is my first Martin, and I'm excited to stumble on such a skillful writer. I already have Mary Reilly checked out and ready to go. ( )
  IVLeafClover | Jun 21, 2022 |
I enjoyed this story alot. It inspired me to read up on the mystery of the Mary Celeste and makes you truly care about the family involved. ( )
  michallibrarything | Jan 6, 2018 |
"The Ghost of the Mary Celeste" was in the beginning just a touch frustrating. The story unfolds in a series of, at first, seemingly unconnected tales. It may just be my reading, but it took me some time to see how each story wove into the next - even with the Mary Celeste ghosting through each. But as the story progressed I became more and more fascinated as everything fell into place. So patience is rewarded. Definitely this one is worthy of a second read. And I am now on the hunt for Valerie Martin's other books! ( )
  musecure | Dec 22, 2017 |
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Why does the sea moan evermore?
Shut out from heaven it makes it moan.
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All earth's full rivers cannot fill
The sea, that drinking thirsteth still.
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The captain and his wife were asleep in each other's arms.
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Her small collection of books had been scattered widely, as if an impatient reader, pacing the carpet in search of some vital information, had thrown down volume after volume.
Then it paused, and for an excruciating moment in which no one spoke and all were suspended in a soundless void, it was as if the universe itself drew in and held a startled breath.
With the first breach of the bulwarks she was knocked off her feet and hurled facedown onto the deck, where like a pin before a ball in a ten-pin alley, she was summarily rolled into the scuppers.
As the sea rose and fell, both ships were pushed and pulled deeper and deeper in a fatal embrace from which there was no escape.
The panic of the collision was over and now the business of the sailor tribe, whose god was the sea, was to accept the verdict of their deity and prepare their ship for sacrifice.
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"A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly. In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found. This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late- nineteenth-century literary society. While on a voyage to Africa, a rather hard-up and unproven young writer named Arthur Conan Doyle hears of the Mary Celeste and decides to write an outlandish short story about what took place. This story causes quite a sensation back in the United States, particularly between sought-after Philadelphia spiritualist medium Violet Petra and a rational-minded journalist named Phoebe Grant, who is seeking to expose Petra as a fraud. Then there is the family of the Mary Celeste's captain, a family linked to the sea for generations and marked repeatedly by tragedy. Each member of this ensemble cast holds a critical piece to the puzzle of the Mary Celeste. These three elements--a ship found sailing without a crew, a famous writer on the verge of enormous success, and the rise of an unorthodox and heretical religious fervor--converge in unexpected ways, in diaries, in letters, in safe harbors and rough seas. In a haunted, death-obsessed age, a ghost ship appearing in the mist is by turns a provocative mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and a tragic story of the disappearance of a family and of a bond between husband and wife that, for one moment, transcends the impenetrable barrier of death. "--

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