The Turquoise

Seton, Anya

ISBN 10: 0340022957 / ISBN 13: 9780340022955

Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA, 1946

About this Item

This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. There are a couple of random spots of foxing on the endpapers. The dust jacket edge wear, "edge tears, nicks several chips and general wrinkling and a couple of scratches. "Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 November 8, 1990) was the pen name of Ann Seton Chase, an American author of historical romances, or as she preferred they be called, "biographical novels.Anya Seton's historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers: Dragonwyck (1944) and Foxfire (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Three of her books are classics in their genre and continue in their popularity to the present: Katherine, the story of Katherine Swynford, the mistress and eventual wife of John of Gaunt, and their children, who were the direct ancestors of the Tudors, Stuarts, and the modern British royal family." (from Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Turquoise
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1946
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340022957
• ISBN 13: 9780340022955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Trade Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The Turquoise was written by Anya Seton Chase, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. and was printed in 1946 in a Hardcover binding.

From the Back Cover

Seton, at her best, has a gaudy vitality all her own, and a sure sense of theatre. This reader, for one, enjoyed The Turquoise enormously. New York Times

Santa Fe Cameron was named for the town where she was born, because her Scottish father and a distressed priest could agree on no other name.When she is seven years old, the unexpected death of her father makes her an orphan. Shortly thereafter, a Navajo shaman recognizes her psychic powers and gives her a turquoise pendant as a keepsake. This turquoise, the Indian symbol of the spirit, dominates her life. She eventually leaves the simple beauty of her native New Mexico to search for happiness in the opulent New York of the 1870s.

For Fey, life is made up of violent contrasts: the rough wagon that brings her East and the scented carriages waiting before her own Fifth Avenue mansion; the glittering world of the Astors and a dreary cell in the Tombs. All the color, excitement, and rich period detail that distinguish Anya Seton s novels are here, together with one of her most unusual heroines.

With accurate historical background, Anya Seton has constructed a touchingly tragic story of a girl who tried so hard to find happiness that she lost everything in her search. The life of Santa Fe Cameron lingers long in memory. Springfield Republican

ANYA SETON (1904 1990) was the author of many best-selling historical novels, including Katherine, The Winthrop Woman, Avalon, Dragonwyck, Green Darkness, Devil Water, and Foxfire. She lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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