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is a masterpiece of the genre a historical fiction, Anya Seton was a master, I am speechless. I couldn't sleep last night I just had to read it to the end, Even now, by noon, I am enchanted,
On the cover of my copy is written:

"Perhaps the greatest gifts Anya Seton brings to her historical novels are the zest of her narrative, the life she breathes into the most insignificant characters, and the atmosphere of the era she evokes around them.
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I couldn't agree more,

Seton was a great storyteller and she made wide and deep historical research for her books, Furthermore, she seemed to know human nature and she definitely wasn't biased to different religions, different views, different thinking, and so on, Thus her stories are more truthful, more real because she wrote them as she would have lived in those times,

What could I add I have been part of Elizabeth's life for the last week, She became to me a real person, And I think she will remain in my memory as my friend who lived and died, Although she lived long ago, in my heart she lived yesterday, I feel the same toward sitelinkKatherine from the other novel of Seton,

I must add too, that this book could be a textbook, I have learned more about the history of the beginning of the USA, about the first colonists, about clashing between them and Indians, about Indians.
Hard life, hard decisions, consequences of political changes, We are not so different from the people who lived four centuries ago, We have the same dreams and fears, And our life depends also not only on our decisions but also often more than we would like on the decisions of many other people.
Reading this book I thought often how accidental our existences are and how full of influence by circumstance,

If you are fan of a good historical fiction you must try Seton's books, If you try with 'The Winthrop Woman' you will fall in love with Seton as a writer, Years ago I read Seton's Dragonwyck and although I don't remember details of that story, I do remember how much I loved it, I've been meaning to read another Seton novel for years, and on a whim I decided on The Winthrop Woman,

Heavily historical, The Winthrop Woman is inspired by the lives of the early settlers in Greeenwich, CT, where the author herself lived.
I'm sure that Seton took some historical liberties, as all writers of historical fiction do, but overwhelmingly this novel felt like reading actual history.
For me, that wasn't a turn off it just helped explain things like why a husband we didn't like needed to stick around for so long hint: because in real life he did stick around that long!.
Although the main character is a woman, there is actually a good amount of biographical information about her life because she was from such prominent Massachusetts Bay Colony family.


I'd say what will stick with me longest was the atmosphere Seton created, It made me feel even more like a witness to history, Another fun takeaway: By sheer coincidence, I put two and two together and discovered that one of my direct ancestors is a minor character in this book.
So I unintentionally got to know myth great grandfather! Better than I expected I thought it would be dry and a slog to read.
It features an appealing and likeable main character, an engrossing story, and a fascinating peek into history, but has too many romance novel overtones for my taste.
My favorite parts were descriptions of everyday life and activities, A fast read despite its bloated length, It is so evident from teh very beginning, how much research Anya Seton did to be able to together this superbly wellwritten and welltol story of onw young

woman's plight in leaving England for America and religious freedom, only to find the Puritans of the new country were even ruthless Lawkeepers and persecutors.
People came lookig for freedom from religious heavyhanded religious rules and persecution, only to find themselves no better in many ways, I could not put this book down!

I also had personal interest in reading of this time period, as my husband's roots go back to the arrival of a family withsons, into Portsmouth MA in.


If you're a fan of historical fiction, I highly recommend Anya Seton as an author and this book as well, What a wonderful book! So well written and so engaging, I loved it,
I don't know why books like these aren't assigned to High Schoolers, It brought early American history alive in a way that textbooks never did for me, Seton's research is impeccable, and this book was more fact than fiction but was interesting!
The main character, Elizabeth Fones, is one that I think almost any woman would be able to identify with.
Although her thoughts and feelings are ahead of her time, her struggle between what she feels, what others expect of her, and what she expects of herself is timeless.

Throughout her life she fights who she might be against who she should be, eventually coming to peace with who she is,
I loved this book, What an incredible story of an amazing woman, Elizabeth Fones, married into the Winthrop family, the leader of that being John Winthrop who took his family to New England to govern the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Elizabeth was a rare woman indeed, going on to being one of the few women of her times to be a large landholder, married three times and finally finding great happiness and love in the last one to Will Hallet.


This book has it all passion, madness, bigotry, ignorant superstitions and religious persecution, The author beautifully weaves her story so that you feel you are there, from terrors of sailing the Atlantic, small pox, the sights, sounds and smells of the times, everything is perfectly melded to entertain and educate you about this period.
I was also sorrowed at the eventual treatment of the Native Americans, from originally friendly terms, then to end so tragically, I found out much about a period in our nation's history that I only had the briefest of recollections from those long ago history lessons in school.


Anyone who enjoys historical fiction should put this one on their list, Highly recommended. A long read, but an excellent and detailed piece of historical fiction, For it's historical relevance, I'd give it,stars, but for readability It's a bit exhausting, It's like getting up and being knocked downtimes, That said, this was Elizabeth Winthrop's life, and it was a hard one, Compliments to Anya Seton for really giving a taste for the horrors of living in colonial America and this really does touch on many aspects of our history that don't get taught in the schools.
I'm a huge fan of Anya Seton, and I'd recommend this book to any true history buff, especially for those interested in early British puritan colonies, with the added interest of how involved the Dutch were in early settlements I should have known this, but that memory must have flew out my left ear years ago.
Overall, despite it's length and chronicling hardship after hardship It still getsstars,
This is a long historical novel of the groups of early settlers coming over from England to New England, It not only paints a picture of the religious and political upheaval of the mid to lates, The author portrays a fictionalized version of Elizabeth Fones, a real historical figure, from her childhood in London to her death in Newtown, Queens County New York.
The history comes alive in the telling of her story, It never fails to entertain, First published inand set in the earlyth century, this bestselling noveland followup to Katherinefollows Elizabeth Winthrop, a courageous Puritan woman who finds herself at odds with her heritage and surroundings.
A real historical figure, Elizabeth married into the family of Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, In those times of hardship, famine, and Indian attacks, many believed that the only way to prosper was through the strong, bigoted, and theocratic government that John Winthrop favored.
Defying the government and her family, Elizabeth befriends famous heretic Anne Hutchinson, challenges an army captain, and dares to love as her heart commanded.
Through Elizabeths three marriages, struggles with her passionate beliefs, and countless rebellions, a powerful tale of fortitude, humiliation, and ultimate triumph shines through, A sleazier, sexier, version of THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND,

Elizbeth is sexy, Elizabeth likes luxury, fancy clothes, and handsome men, Elizabeth is not a perfect fit for Puritan New England, but thanks to several lucky marriages and husbands who all seem to conveniently die at the right moment, she ends up a woman of substance.
. . respected, admired, and tolerated in spite of her open defiance of sober Puritan customs,

Typical moment the whole colony is fasting, going without food for a day to try to get the Almighty to help them stay humble, Elizabeth, who is on her second or third husband already and has a very hearty appetite, can't wait for the fast day to be over.
She sneaks into the larder and grabs a nice big chicken leg, . . only to be caught redhanded by Governor Winthrop himself, Even though she wants to hide the chicken leg behind her back, she ends up confessing to her crime and making the governor laugh in spite of himself.
. . and comes out better off than if she'd not been caught at all, It's that kind of book, Elizabeth breaks all the rules and men either indulge her or look the other way, And any man who challenges her usually ends up scalped or dead of plague!

A fun book, but Elizabeth isn't exactly the martyr type.
She tries to be good, but she always gives in and gets what she really wants instead!,