Katherine by Anchee Min
A glorious example of romance in its most classic literary sense: exhilarating, exuberant, and rich with the jeweled tones of England in the 1300s. Austin ChronicleKatherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets Edward I, the Black Prince, and Richard I who rule despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king s son, falls passionately in love with the already-married Katherine. Their affair persists through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. Anya Seton's vivid rendering of the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster makes Katherine an unmistakable classic.
Anya Seton (1904 1990) was the author of many best-selling historical novels, including The Winthrop Woman, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Green Darkness, Devil Water, and Foxfire. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1957, Anchee Min was born in Shanghai. She was sent to a labor collective at the age of seventeen, where she was discovered by a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio and hired as a movie actor. With the support of actress Joan Chen, she immigrated to the United States in 1984. Her memoir, Red Azalea, was named a New York Times Notable Book in 1994 and earned the Carl Sandburg Literary Prize in 1993. Becoming Madame Mao, Empress Orchid, Katherine, and Wild Ginger are among Min's other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781573220057 |
| ISBN 10 | 1573220051 |
| Title | Katherine |
| Author | Anchee Min |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Year published | 1995-05-24 |
| Number of pages | 241 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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