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Summary: Excellent historical reading, worlds greatest love story.
Review: I have read this book at least once every 5 years in the past 30 years. My mother was an amatuer student of the English Monarchy and I learned to love the study as well. My younger sister was named from this book, Darcy. If you ever need to read a book based on fact but purely fiction, and you want a special love story - pick up Katherine and be ready to fall in love again.
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Summary: Timeless
Review: I was pleased to note that many of the people who read this book were directed by english or history teachers. I, too, read this book as part of an assignment for my english class back in 1973. It's been 25 years since I've read this book, but after reading all of the reviews, I'm tempted to re-read it!
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Summary: My mother confiscated this book when I was 12 years old!
Review: Yes! I came across her old copy and started reading it. Apparently she thought some of the concepts were too "adult" for a 12 year old. All I could remember of the book was the first chapter, when Adela de Northwode tells Katherine she has eyes "like a rabbit's fur" and "near as large as a sheep's". When I came across the book again in my high school library, it became my constant companion and a refuge from the "terrible" teen years. I still have the copy I acquired then - now a very sad paperback indeed. If you enjoy historical romance, with more than a touch of authenticity, READ this book. For detail, it is way ahead of the competitors in this genre. Poor old Hugh Swynford - what a way to go!
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Summary: I fell in love with this book three times!
Review: I started reading this book my senior year of high school for my research paper and never finished reading it. Fortunately I gratuated but did an injustice to myself for not finishing it. I picked it up again two years later and still did not read it all. It has always bothered me that I did not finish the book, twelve years after graduating I finally read all of it. I called my high school english teacher and told her how sorry I was that I never read all the boolk. She was thrilled that I called and started reading again. I have read most of Anya Seton's books but Katherine will always be favorite. The author has a way of pulling you into the characters lives and wanting more.
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Summary: I didn't want it to end!
Review: I just recently discovered Anya Seton, when I
bought "Katherine" at a library book sale. I have been reading historical novels for over 20 years and this is one of my favorites. Ms. Seton does an excellent job of making her characters come alive. I found myself becoming attached to Katherine early on, and cried and rejoiced with her throughout the entire novel. I didn't want it to end! Even though I have read many historical novels (Jean Plaidy, Roberta Gellis, Rosalind Laker,etc.), I don't think I've ever felt so immersed in a time period before. It was like being transported back in time. I will be sure to loan my 11 year old niece this book as soon as she turns 13, hoping that she will enjoy it as much as I did!
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Summary: It was a wonderful book as a teenager and it still is now!
Review: Like many of your other reader-reviewers, I read Katherine when I was a teenager - I was transported to a by-gone world and suddenly my history lessons came alive. What a wonderful experience (and what a great way to learn about history). Katherine is an exceptional novel - far more involved than your usual "romance" novels. I can only hope that Ms. Seton's publisher continues to print all of her books for a long, long time!!
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Summary: My favorite book from my favorite author
Review: I first read this book as a young teen and it had a huge impact on me. I was thrilled when, as a senior, we studied this book in school. This book is one of the reasons I became a history taecher. My grandmother recommended Katherine to me. She was very interested in geneology and determined that our family comes in part from John and Katherine throught their daughter Joan. This is true for many Americans, an estimated 2 million. Hopefully, this book will help you to discover an interest in history and geneology.
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Summary: One of the few great historical romance novels.
Review: Do not be decieved into thinking this is just another historical romance, "Katherine" is one of the defining books of the genre. Seton has writen a timeless story about love and hate and all of those emotions we share with her characters, people who lived and died over 500 years ago. Mostly, however, she brings to life the world of medieval England; the horror of the black death, the wonder of the coming renaissance and the daily lives of those who witnessed the events. To a would-be student of history, this is a terrific and painless introduction to the medieval period in particular and history in general. To everyone else, it's just a great read.
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Summary: This is a must read
Review: I started reading this book not knowing what to expect and was transported to a vivid medeival world of romance and adventure. You'll cry at her losses and feel joy when she triumphs.
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Summary: A good victorian read
Review: This book had a lot of loose ends in it. That and it was sometimes hard to remember the relations of the characters (who was related to who, etc.). I swear that the names of characters changed at certain points in the stroy. Many of the sexual scenes in it were very hot however, making up for the lapses in the story. Contains the only victorian era depiction of a strap on I've ever read. That and one or two other sexual scenes make it stand out from other victorian novels in their seeming uniqueness to the genre of victorian era erotica
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