On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Yanni Cooper wrote:
> Someone asked me if I knew this book, and it rings a bell, but I can't
> for the life of me recall the author or title.
>
> It's about 7 brothers who are turned into swans, and their sister
> frees them by weaving them shirts of thorns. However this isn't the
> original fairytale but rather a fantasy story based upon the
> fairytale. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I haven't seen an answer to this yet (and despite the timestamp on
Yanni's e-mail, it was actually April 3 when it was sent, or 13 days ago),
but my sister just came up with it:
The Seventh Swan by Nicholas Stuart Gray.
Hope that helps.
Julia