Devil Water
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 2013
557 pages
978-0-547-68528-1 (ISBN)
Description
A historical novel based on a true story of the Jacobite rebellion, from "a writer who has a special feeling for the dramatic" (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 Virginia-where Jenny eventually settled on the estate of the famous William Byrd of Westover-Jenny's story reveals one young woman's 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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ANYA SETON (1904-1990) was the author of many best-selling historical novels, including Katherine, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Devil Water, and Foxfire. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Family Tree
- Authorâ?Ts Note
- Part One
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Part Two
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Part Three
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Part Four
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Part Five
- Eighteen
- Part Six
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Afterword
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
