Anya Seton

Katherine (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

';A glorious example of romance in its most classic literary sense: exhilarating, exuberant, and rich with the jeweled tones of England in the 1300s.' Austin ChronicleKatherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed historythat of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent PlantagenetsEdward III, the Black Prince, and Richard IIwho rule despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king's son, falls passionately in love with the already-married Katherine. Their affair persists through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. Anya Setons vivid rendering of the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster makes Katherine an unmistakable classic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547416403
• Artikelnr.: 52453928

Autorenporträt

Anya Seton was born in New York City and grew up on her father`s large estate in Cos Cob and Greenwich, Connecticut, where visiting Indians taught her Indian dancing and woodcraft. One Sioux chief called her Anutika, which means 'cloud grey eyes', a name which the family shortened to Anya. She was educated by governesses, and then travelled abroad, first to England, then to France where she hoped to become a doctor. She studied for a while at the Hotel Dieu hospital in Paris before marrying at eighteen and having three children. She began writing in 1938 with a short story sold to a newspaper syndicate and the first of her ten novels was published in 1941. Her other novels include GREEN DARKNESS, THE WINTHROP WOMAN and AVALON. She died in 1990.

Rezensionen

A great adventure, powerfully told Philippa Gregory