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Devil Water
Devil Water: A Novel | Anya Seton
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A true story fictionalized by a writer who has a special feeling for the dramatic . . . Mixed by Miss Setons skillful hands, the dust of the past becomes the clay of the artist and is molded into memorable, lifelike form. Chicago Tribune This fiercely beautiful novel tells the true story of Charles Radcliffe, a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of Jenny, his daughter by a secret marriage. Set in the Northumbrian wilds, teeming London, and colonial Virginiawhere Jenny eventually settled on the estate of the famous William Byrd of WestoverJennys story reveals one young womans loyalty, passion, and courage as she struggles in a life divided between the Old World and the New. Miss Seton's narrative is richly buttressed with the results of scrupulous research on the personages and the period. Her sole purpose is to tell a rousing good tale plainly and simply and this she does admirably." New York Herald Tribune
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The grooviness of this cover sort of belies the fact that it‘s a novel about the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. 😆

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Melissa_J Have you read this one? I have it (of course!) but haven‘t cracked it open (what else is new? 😂) 6y
DivineDiana Agree! It is a groovy looking cover! ✌🏻 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I dunno, maybe those Jacobites really knew how to party. 6y
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rubyslippersreads I‘ve read several Anya Setons, but not this groovy one. 😄 6y
LeslieO OMG Anya Seton! I have memories of Green Darkness from high school 6y
AlaMich You‘re so right! 6y
LeahBergen @Melissa_J @rubyslippersreads I have read this one (YEARS ago) and really enjoyed it. 👍🏻 6y
LeahBergen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I think you‘re on to something there. 😂 6y
LeahBergen @LeslieO I loved Green Darkness (and I have that one, too 👍🏻). 6y
LeslieO @LeahBergen What cover does your GD have. I picture green trees or Ivy hanging down, two small people 6y
LeahBergen @LeslieO Yes, you are exactly right. 😂 I have the hardcover but the softcover also had a variation on that theme. 6y
LeslieO So many memories! 6y
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