![]() ![]() ![]() I thought it was a wonderfully moving story and a vivid portrayal of 14th century England – the world of Edward III and Richard II, the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt, Geoffrey Chaucer and Julian of Norwich. The descendants of Katherine and John were the Beauforts, who included Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. The Katherine of the title is Katherine Swynford, mistress of Edward III’s son John of Gaunt. It was my first introduction to her work and, in fact, I think it was the first book I read that dealt with real historical figures rather than fictional characters in a historical setting. This is probably Seton’s most famous novel. ![]() I have read six Anya Seton novels, although she was an author I discovered years before I started my blog, so I don’t have reviews to link to for most of these books. She died in 1990 aged eighty-six, having written twelve novels, some of which were bestsellers and some which were adapted for film. Last month, I looked at the work of Elizabeth Chadwick this month it’s the turn of another historical fiction author: Anya Seton.Īnya Seton was the pseudonym of Ann Seton Chase, an American author born in Manhattan in 1904. Welcome to my monthly post on all things historical fiction. ![]()
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