From the bestselling author of Katherine, this is the richly detailed story of Elizabeth Winthrop and her struggle against hardship and adversity in the new American colonies of the 17th Century. 'A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto, sentimentality and compassion' (Times Literary Supplement) In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against this background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the ...
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From the bestselling author of Katherine, this is the richly detailed story of Elizabeth Winthrop and her struggle against hardship and adversity in the new American colonies of the 17th Century. 'A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto, sentimentality and compassion' (Times Literary Supplement) In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against this background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded. And so, as a response to this almost unmatched courage and vitality, Governor John Winthrop came to refer to this woman in the historical records of the time as his unregenerate niece. Anya Seton's riveting historical novel portrays the fortitude, humiliation, and ultimate triumph of the Winthrop woman, who believed in a concept of happiness transcending that of her own day.
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Anyone doing family research in Puritan New England needs to read this book. Anya Seton used actual letters, diaries and reports to fill out the life of Ann Winthrop, niece of Gov. John Winthrop, the 1st Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is not my ancestor but she was living in the same towns as mine. Now, I know what they were experiencing in their daily lives.
Biographicalhistorylover
Sep 3, 2009
If you love reading about women and their connections to the historical names of our nascent country, read this! Elizabeth Fones, soon to become Mistress Winthrop, then Feake, and finally Hallet will inspire and delight as you live with her struggles and joys of 17th Century New England.
donna
Jul 17, 2007
WHAT A WOMAN!!!!!!
THIS AUTHOR WRITES EXCELLENT STORIES ABOUT BRAVE WOMEN WHO ARE UNUSUAL FOR THEIR TIMES AND ELIZABETH WINTHROP IS NO EXCEPTION. THIS IS AN EXCITING TALE ABOUT THE FOUNDING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY AND COVERS MANY YEARS AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THIS WOMAN. SHE DEFIED CONVENTION AND FINALLY FOUND PEACE AFTER MANY YEARS OF STRUGGLE. GREAT BOOK. ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THIS AUTHOR -KATHERINE AND DRAGONWYCK
