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'The Best of Anya'
[quote=""BrianPK""]I've read most of her books and enjoyed them all but I was really affected by "Avalon" which I've read about 3 times.I thought it outstanding, but then again I've always been a sucker for a good bittersweet romance. [/quote]
Hi Brian and welcome aboard BTW. I loved Avalon as well, although the ending is a bit of a sad one.
Hi Brian and welcome aboard BTW. I loved Avalon as well, although the ending is a bit of a sad one.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
I was satisfied with the ending of Avalon; but then, I prefer books with bittersweet endings. It's not that I didn't want Rumon and Merewyn to be together -- I really did. But books that leave an ache in my heart are stronger and more memorable than those that tie up the ends all nice and neat, with everyone riding off into the sunset to live happily ever after. But that's just me.
[quote=""BrianPK""]I've read most of her books and enjoyed them all but I was really affected by "Avalon" which I've read about 3 times.I thought it outstanding, but then again I've always been a sucker for a good bittersweet romance. [/quote]
Welcome to the boards Brian. I think Avalon is my favourite Anya Seton. I loved the unfamiliar settings and the way she brought the harsh life in the Viking settlements to life.
Welcome to the boards Brian. I think Avalon is my favourite Anya Seton. I loved the unfamiliar settings and the way she brought the harsh life in the Viking settlements to life.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Thanks EC2 While a good book is a friend in itself, It's always nice to talk to others who have also derived pleasure and entertainment from the same source.
As regards "Avalon" , I thought that Anya Seton was inspired the way she changed the story and galvanised our interest by adding anxiety and foreboding just as we thought the relationship between Rumon and Merewyn was about to end in a happy reconciliation. Even though the Viking raid delayed that reconciliation,we still believed and hoped that the outcome would end favourably.But then the storm struck off the coast of Ireland and who would have thought that the direction of their lives would change so dramatically as Rumon's pursuing ship was swept helplessly westward and...
What a marvellous story teller Anya Seton was.
As regards "Avalon" , I thought that Anya Seton was inspired the way she changed the story and galvanised our interest by adding anxiety and foreboding just as we thought the relationship between Rumon and Merewyn was about to end in a happy reconciliation. Even though the Viking raid delayed that reconciliation,we still believed and hoped that the outcome would end favourably.But then the storm struck off the coast of Ireland and who would have thought that the direction of their lives would change so dramatically as Rumon's pursuing ship was swept helplessly westward and...
What a marvellous story teller Anya Seton was.
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
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Nah, Philippa Gregory just wrote forewords for them, and rather condescending ones at that. But putting her name on them means that they show up in more reader's searches, and for that I thank her. She's pretty much single-handedly brought Anya Seton's works back from the Out-of-Print graveyard of forgotten books.