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  • Devil Water

  • By: Anya Seton
  • Narrated by: Sylvia Lisle
  • Length: 23 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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Devil Water

By: Anya Seton
Narrated by: Sylvia Lisle
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Publisher's summary

A historical novel based on a true story of the Jacobite rebellion, from "a writer who has a special feeling for the dramatic" (Chicago Tribune).

This fiercely beautiful novel tells the true story of Charles Radcliffe, a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of Jenny, his daughter by a secret marriage. Set in the Northumbrian wilds, teeming London, and colonial Virginia - where Jenny eventually settled on the estate of the famous William Byrd of Westover - Jenny's story reveals one young woman's loyalty, passion, and courage as she struggles in a life divided between the Old World and the New.

©1962 Anya Seton Chase; Copyright renewed 1990 by Pamela C. Forcey and Clemency Chase Coggins (P)2021 Tantor
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Excellent!

This is one of my all time favorite authors! I love this book with lots of accurate history in a beautiful story!

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Enjoyable

This is my first book by Anya Seton and plan to listen to others, most of which are in the Audible Plus catalog. What attracted me to this book was the Jacobite theme although it was more in the background than the forefront of the novel. This book features true historical characters. I actually found Jenny's story arc the more interesting.

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Great Historical Romance

I really enjoyed the Scottish fight for James to sit on the throne & was surprised that the Catholic faith had been persecuted as they were.

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Not her best

Lots of seemingly well researched, yet tedious detail about a small slice of the Jacobite risings.

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