Anya Seton - why isn't she better known?

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Just read the less well known "The Hearth & the Eagle". Brilliant and it made me wonder why these books aren't better known and published under a modern classics imprint.

Ah I used to love her books. Katherine was one of my all time favourites, I must have been about 17 when I read it in the 1970s. All my historical knowledge comes from Anya Seaton.
Not sure I'd like it now though, I haven't read historical fiction in about 30 years. Perhaps worth a try?

They are still great, and cheap in charity shops, even if they have gone out of print. I think many are available for next to nothing for Kindles too.

Oh I love her. Katherine and the Winthrop Woman are my faves.

Katherine is way up there on my list of favourite books ever! I also loved Green Darkness. In fact I want to read it again right now but I think I gave it away.... boo hoo.

Loved Avalon too, always remember that line "Oh Lord, he is my man now....." when her brother finds her in a rescue years later, and wants to take her back home, but she has settled in the new tribe. Must find it and re-read it!

Read loads as a teenager - Green Darkness, Foxfire, My Theodosia, The Turquoise are ones I remember - but my favourite was Katherine, which I still have a copy of and re-read from time to time. Gorgeous!

I first read Green Darkness as a teen, and re-read it several times over the years. I think it was the first book that made me realise 'historical' settings were rather interesting. I have gone onto love Barbara Erskine in particular. I don't think I have read any other of Seton's though. I shall have to investigate

Katherine is one of my all time favourites too but I tried a couple of others and didn't find them nearly as good so thought she was a one-hit wonder

Not sure about the accuracy, but some scenes and bits of dialogue seem to have stayed in my mind when other historical novels have been forgotten by me, years later.

I remember reading Green Darkness in my teens and being utterly captivated by it. Would love to read it again sometime. It was so evocative and brought the period to life for me and the added storyline of the now gave it extra interest.
I went on to read everything I could get my hands on, I remember the Hearth and Eagle and Avalon but particularly Katharine - I can still picture the characters of John of Gaunt, Blanche etc from that book as the descriptions stayed in my head.

Definitely ones to reread again I think.

Read Dragonwyck years ago and loved it! Might try some more.

Katherine is one of the best historical fiction books ever written IMO.

Oh, my gosh, I have loved this writer for yonks, my grannie gave me Green Darkness to read when I was an impressionable teen and it was awesome. I remember that she demanded it back after a while, so she must have loved it too. Good grief, I ended up married to a vicar, so it must have made an impression
Re read it recently. Real comfort stuff, will check out Dragonwyck. Thank you for this thread

Ooo, yes, yes to Katherine, too

Just started Kathryn after stumbling across it in a charity shop and on recommendations here! I'll let you know what I think