Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

Anya Seton

    Anya Seton was a masterful storyteller whose historical novels sprang to life through meticulous research and an engaging style. With a profound passion for uncovering the past, she delved into the lives of her characters, weaving historical events with deeply human emotions. Her works often explore themes of fate, love, and the timeless connections that bind people across centuries. Readers are drawn to her books for their ability to transport them to different eras and locales, experiencing dramatic events alongside unforgettable figures.

    My Theodosia
    Dragonwyck
    Foxfire
    The Turquoise
    The Hearth and Eagle
    Katherine
    • 2022

      Avalon

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      3.6(33)Add rating

      Set against the backdrop of tenth-century England, the narrative intertwines the lives of Prince Rumon of France and Merewyn, a girl from Cornwall with aspirations tied to King Arthur. Their fateful meeting occurs after a shipwreck, leading Rumon to promise Merewyn's dying mother to protect her. As Rumon navigates court intrigue and the manipulative Queen Alfrida, he ultimately seeks Merewyn, embarking on a journey that takes him across the Atlantic in search of redemption and fulfillment. Themes of exploration, love, and destiny shape their intertwined fates.

      Avalon
    • 2014

      The Hearth and Eagle

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.1(16)Add rating

      A richly detailed historical saga from the bestselling author of Katherine and Green Darkness, first published in 1948

      The Hearth and Eagle
    • 2014

      My Theodosia

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.7(40)Add rating

      From the author of the all-time classic romance Katherine, MY THEODOSIA tells the other side of the Hamilton story, as seen through the eyes of the defiant daughter of Aaron Burr...

      My Theodosia
    • 2011

      A Katherine és Lancaster hercege közt szövődött szenvedélyes szerelem állandó próbáknak kitett titkolt, mégis mindenki által tudott viszony. A tündöklő asszonyt, a büszke tartású nőt óhatatlanul szájára veszi az udvar, mindamellett bujkálásra, állandó várakozásra kárhoztatja. A herceg hónapokig távol van, lopott órákat tölthetnek csak együtt. A kettejüket összetartó izzó kapcsot nemcsak a távolság, a hatalmi és örökösödési harcok, gyermekeik bizonytalan jövője, hanem saját hullámzó érzelmeik is kikezdik.Eközben az országot felforgatja az 1381-es parasztfelkelés, és ez a zűrzavar fordulópontot jelent az asszony életében is. Katherine hite szerelmükben, ha eddig néha el is bizonytalanodott, mindvégig feltétel nélküli volt, ám amikor ráeszmél élete szörnyű titkára, vezeklésre ítéli magát. Hozhat-e ítéletet Katherine a sorsa felett, magára veheti-e királyok és a társadalom bűneit, megtagadva ezzel az öröknek vélt szerelmet?Seton műve 1954-es megjelenése óta hazájában máig a legolvasottabb regények között van. A két kötetben megjelenő magával ragadó könyv Katherine Swynford és John of Gaunt szerelmének igaz története; a szerelemé, amely megváltoztatta a történelmet, azé a két emberé, akiket a brit királyi család őseiként tartanak számon.

      Katherine 2
    • 2010
    • 1988

      Avalon

      • 381 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Story is set in England during the last quarter of the 10th century, when Saxons and Danes warred and Viking raids ravaged its outposts. Proceeding to King Edgar's court, Romieux de Provence, noble born with the blood of King Alfred and Charlemagne in his veins, is shipwrecked on the Cornish coast, where he meets Merewyn, who believes she is descended from King Arthur. It is Rumon's burden to maintain this fiction when he knows she is the product of a Viking foray; he promises' her dying mother to take her to Glastonbury. Merewyn becomes a lady to the wicked Queen Alfrida, who bewitches Rumon, and much of the book is taken up with the bloody proceedings of succession by murder at the English court. By the time Rumon realizes his love for Merewyn, she, who had loved him, is lost to him, borne off by her true father, the Viking Ketil, and married to Sigurd. She lives first in Iceland, then, when Eric the Red proposes to settle Greenland, in that ill fated community. At the last, widowed, she returns to England, where Rumon has taken the vows of a Benedictine monk, remarries, and acknowledges publicly her true parentage.

      Avalon
    • 1985

      Foxfire

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.7(14)Add rating

      A New York socialite finds herself out of her element when she accompanies her new husband to Arizona, where he is overseeing a mining project in the desert.

      Foxfire