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“The Winthrop Woman is that rare literary accomplishment — living history. Really good fictionalized history [like this] often gives closer reality to a period than do factual records.” – Chicago Tribune
In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against a 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.
“A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto, sentimentality and compassion. It is bound to give much enjoyment and a good many thrills.” – Times Literary Supplement
“Abundant and juicy entertainment.” – New York Times
- Sales Rank: #835410 in Books
- Published on: 1958-06
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 586 pages
Review
"Abundant and juicy entertainment." —The New York Times
"Really good fictionalized history [like this] often gives closer reality to a period than do factual records." —Chicago Tribune
"[Seton] animates her characters with imaginitive warmth and has written with knowledge and understanding about a difficult period." —San Francisco Chronicle
"A true page-turner . . . a magnificent book, scrupulously researched, with an unerring instinct for drama and pace." —Historical Novels Review
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“The Winthrop Woman is that rare literary accomplishment — living history. Really good fictionalized history [like this] often gives closer reality to a period than do factual records.” – Chicago Tribune
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.
“A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto, sentimentality and compassion. It is bound to give much enjoyment and a good many thrills.” – Times Literary Supplement
“Abundant and juicy entertainment.” – New York Times
ANYA SETON (1904–1990) was the author of many best-selling historical romances, including Katherine, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Green Darkness, Devil Water, and Foxfire. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.
About the Author
ANYA SETON (1904–1990) was the author of many best-selling historical novels, including Katherine, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Devil Water, and Foxfire. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Spicy Puritans - An Outstanding Story
By Montana Mackay
Wow. I wasn't quite prepared for the power or the characters and imagery of this book. To take a subject as dry as the Puritans of the 1600s and turn it into a racy, riveting drama is quite a gift. Using the real-life Winthrop family of the early 17th century, Seton spins the tale of how the Puritan group came into being and how plans were laid to create the Massachusetts Bay Company. The historical accuracy seems excellent, yet the most powerful aspect of the book is Elizabeth (aka Bess) Fones (of Winthrop blood), who is without question the most corporeal, vital, and realistic Puritan character I have ever met. The book follows her through lusty and not-so-lusty marriages, telling the story of one husband who went completely mad, and of the bloody massacres of whites by Indians AND vice-versa, and of Elizabeth's long-standing attraction to the studly and principled settler Will Hallett. Elizabeth encounters so much hardship that I began to fear for a really heartbreaking ending to the story, but Seton does a beautiful job of imbuing Elizabeth's life -- even her final days -- with meaning and spirit. I cried good tears at the end.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A Treasure From Anya Seton- Fabulous Historical Fiction
By Gordon Hastings
The republishing of the prodigious historical novels of Anya Seton in the first decade of this century brings to light the treasure trove encompassed in her work.
Winthrop Women, first published in 1958 and later released in 2006 is a particular gift for those whose interests lie in the history of the Puritans, the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the early settlement of the environs of Greenwich, Connecticut. Above all, it is a great love story and the saga of a strong and independent woman richly entwined in the region's history.
Winthrop Women embraces a broad historical web, set in the 1600s (1617-1655) centered around the family of John Winthrop, a fanatical practitioner of the Puritan faith who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and his rebellious niece and daughter-in-law Elizabeth Fons. Their descendents remain in Connecticut and throughout New England. Seton tells the Winthrop family and Elizabeth Fons' story in three parts: The early years in England living a near aristocratic lifestyle; the great Puritan migration to the New World with the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; Elizabeth's banishment from Massachusetts and her emergence in Greenwich, Connecticut with husbands (correct) , lovers and children joining in the journey!
Anya Seton's story of Elizabeth is written in " high-definition." From childhood, "Bess" is of independent thought and passionate in her views. She was born on a collision course with the beliefs of her Puritan elders, especially John Winthrop. Long before boarding the ship Lyon for the journey to the New World, this child of luxury and high social status had established herself as the Fons' and Winthrop family non-conformist.
Proudly leading his flock beneath the banner of religious freedom to the colonies in New England, far away from the dictates of King Charles, Cromwell and the ruling British establishment, John Winthrop becomes a zealot and religious tyrant, ruling over his domain, with a wrathful "God" as his enforcer.
Elizabeth's ever complicated life, saturated with her passion for men and her non-conformist beliefs, provides the framework for an abundant tableau of what life and love was like in 1630s New England. The drudgery of daily survival, the absence of luxuries, disease and Indians both friend and foe. Foremost, the woman's role of being, above all, a necessary "good breeder," upon which the future of the faith and the colony itself depended!
Elizabeth, having fallen in love with John Winthrop's son, her cousin Henry, became pregnant and was hastily married before leaving England! Henry, a kindred free spirit was not traveling with Elizabeth on the ship Lyon but was under his father's supervision on the Arabella. Elizabeth learned upon her arrival in Massachusetts that Henry had drowned in a boating accident upon landing. There would be two more husbands and many children, living and still-born before her story concludes thirty years later.
During a brief period when Winthrop had been ousted as Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor, the community rose up against Elizabeth's behavior with rumors and speculation that she and her Indian servant Telaka were possessed by the devil. The outcry became witchcraft! Banishment from the colony, the final solution in those days short of hanging, saw Elizabeth, her family and Telaka ( whom Elizabeth had rescued from a slave auction) on their way to Greenwich where under Dutch law there was greater respect for individual freedom and religious beliefs. This novel is so wonderfully written and researched that of course, Telaka, had ended up in Boston only after being kidnapped from her tribe, the Siwanoy Indians who populated the area in and around Greenwich! A homecoming for Telaka and a new most welcoming home for Elizabeth, her husband and brood? Not quite that simple!
In the Greenwich chapters you will walk with Elizabeth on the white beaches of Monakewago ( Tods Point), follow the Mianus River, witness the massacre of over 1000 Siwanoy Indians ( Telaka's family) in what is today Cos Cob. There will be yet another husband and more "breeding, " and another banishment with the loss of thousands of acres of land that today encompass the entire Town of Greenwich.
History is taught in many ways and Seton is deserving of high praise both as a novelist and historian for Winthrop Women. Seton wrote Winthrop Women while living in Old Greenwich, Connecticut where she died in 1990 at age 86. She is buried there in Putnam cemetery.
Other highly acclaimed novels by Anya Seton include, Foxfire ( 1950), Katherine (1954), The Mistletoe and the Sword (1956). See gordonsgoodreads.com
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
SHAME on YOU AMAZON! The Book - 5 Stars. The Editing - 0 Stars.
By uniqity
This great classic doesn't require a review from me on how well it was researched or written. Elizabeth Winthrop is one of our country's "Foremothers" and her story was well-told by Anya Seaton. Whether or not you enjoy it may have more to do with the kinds of books you like than its actual worth. It was written in the late fifties and as I recall, when my older sister read it in the early sixties, it was considered quite a racy book. Well, in today's world it is pretty tame, but still an excellent story.
I rarely criticize Kindle books for their editing because there are so many first time authors that I give them a pass. I just want to have a chance to read what they have to say. And though I read many indie books that have editing issues I have NEVER seen such a badly edited book in my life! Considering that the original was well-edited, I feel that republishing an existing classic and charging almost $8 for such a lousy Kindle version with no value added is an absolute crime.
The book was obviously scanned and published with NO editing at all. Anybody who has even minimal experience with scanning-to-text would realize that the software doesn't always interpret the scan correctly and if you don't edit it there will be whole sentences that have so many mistakes that they make no sense. This was the case with the Kindle version of The Winthrop Woman. Saying that they did a poor job editing is to give them too much credit. If anybody even read through this book before publishing it they must have been illiterate.
SHAME ON YOU AMAZON for selling such a trashy piece of publishing!!!
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