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Summary: Favorite Book of All Time
Review: I first read this book when I was 12. I am now 45 and have read it at least 4 times, maybe 5. I've lent it to a number of friends, many of whom have no interest in history, and all of them think it wonderful. Any other romance, historical or otherwise, must be compared to it and will most likely be found wanting. Her other books are good, but this is the best. Read it!
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read and I read alot!! If you can buy it!!
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Summary: Stunningly writen, a true story about love and resrictions
Review: Katherine, a heroine I identified with from the very beginning. Katherine is so beautiful,on ocassion, it made my spine quiver. I was moved to tears more than once. I had to read it for school, and well, I am so glad my teacher was adament about me reading it. At the end I was left with a feeling of complete satisfaction, I never wanted to read the last sentence, I loved it so. I just want to know why it has never been made into a movie.
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Summary: The unexpected ending is an affirmation of the power of love
Review: Although the bittersweet story of Katherine de Roet and the great Duke of Lancaster takes place in a long-ago backdrop of history, this is a story to survive all time. It was a day of chivalry, bawdiness and colorful opulence at court; yet it was also an era when the long arm of the medieval church left even the most frivolous soul frightened of the devil, who was said to come knocking at doors late at night. It was a superstitious, God-fearing time yet it was a green, green England where one's faith also gave great strength.Of course the ambitious Duke's dream to become King of Castile didn't include marriage with Katherine, and when she left on her pilgrimage in hurt and despair, believing in nothing and no one, it's as if the reader walks with her every step of the way. What she subsequently discovers involves a strength of soul that to me was the essence of the story. Seton gives us a vivid accounting of the scourges of the Black Death, which left whole villages empty and ghost ships bobbing beyond the harbors, everyone on board dead of the Plague. But the story of Katherine and Duke John is, at its core, a love story. Though gossips of the time snorted, "Surely shame itself must blush by now," Katherine and John had four out-of-wedlock children. Yet the unexpected, incredible ending proves that truth is indeed stranger than fiction! And sometimes, much more beautiful. Descending through Cecily, the Rose of Raby, and Richard of York, Katherine became the great-grandmother of the popular, handsome King Edward IV and his most notorious younger brother, Richard III. Both of them fought against the "legitimate" Lancaster line in the Wars of the Roses. I wish I could make the movie myself!
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Summary: Fantasic reading, couldn`t put it down
Review: I first read this book years ago when I checked it out of the local library and have always wanted my own copy, so that I could read it over and over again. I finally found a copy that I could get for my own. It`s a story that brings the reader right along with Katherine into her life, fears, joys and danger and doesn`t let go, even after the story is done the reader wants more. I plan to get the book and read it again and introduce it to my daughter; knowing that she will enjoy it too.
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Summary: Absolutely Fabulous!! Heart-rendering and triumphant!
Review: I first read Katherine over 15 years ago when I found a tattered paperback copy in a second hand book store. I've read this book AT LEAST 20 times since, and have enjoyed it more and more each and every time. I still cry while reading it, and share in Katherine and John's joy in love and life. I echo other reviewers...this book MUST be made into a movie!
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Summary: I love this book more at 47 than at 19.
Review: I first met Katherine when I was a freshman in college-a friend introduced us.It was this book that sparked my life-long interest in English history and I've been gobbling up historical fiction ever since.I have just finished my fourth reading of it at the age of 47 and it remains my all time favorite.Will someone please film this story?? Any screenwriters reading this take note..
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Summary: Excellent reading
Review: My mother, gave me this book 12 years ago , I moved and some how it got lost I could never remember the author's name and have been looking for about 5 years now and have finally found it , I almost started crying this book is mesmerizing, I hope to be able to go to England one day and visit her grave,actualy me and my mom might go together , and then head over to Scotland this book made me like history something I never quite cared for, everything is so real,you feel as if you were in a time warp. Thank you Anya for entertaining and making me want to learn more
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Summary: A great favourite of mine.
Review: I was given this book to read years ago and like many other readers, I read it maybe once a year or so. We even visited her grave in Lincoln on a visit to England! For those who enjoyed this book, seek out the Sharon Penman novels such as Sunne in Splendor, Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow etc. They are in the same league as "Katherine". Knowing who Katherine was now, I always look for references to her in royal family trees and the like. I get great satisfaction by knowing exactly who she really was and that she was the ancestoress of the Tudors, another of my faviourite topics. There are a number of women in history that make my favourites list, and Katherine is right up there.
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Summary: My favorite novel
Review: I read this novel when I was 14, that was 31 years ago and to this day I've been hooked on England and her history. I also have a crush on John of Gaunt and look him up constantly in every bookstore I enter. I read this novel about every 4 years and I still wonder why there hasn't been a movie made. It's wonderful, a must read.
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