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Summary: another deja vu
Review: Like everyone else it seems, I read this years ago and it stuck with me. I have described it to people for years hoping someone would know what I was talking about because, since it had been a borrowed read, I couldn't remember the author or title!! But since finding KATHERINE via THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, I found GREEN DARKNESS again and it holds up marvelously. I still love this book, the era, the characters, the story, style....you name it. This is a wonderfully told story full of intriguing, marvelous characters that you will come to care for (one way or another!)
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Summary: The most enthralling and sensual romance I've ever read.
Review: My folks have an enourmous amount of books and when I was bored I'd pluck one off the shelf at random and read it. They had a paperback version of Green Darkness. I must have been about 14 when I read it and it knocked my socks off. Ms. Seton artfully weaves the two doomed lovers Celia the beautiful, bastard child of bastard noblemen and Stephen a Benedictine monk during the fanatical protestent reign of the "boy King" Edward into a luridly beautiful web of tormented passion so intense that it must be reconciled. This is not your run of the mill time travel romance. It deals more with past life regression and karmic debt. Green Darkness is a beautifully written, historically accurate altogether wonderful book. If the powers that be are reading this. PLEASE reprint it someday soon. I have a copy that I've read more than a dozen times. The only things that holds it together now is Scotch tape and a prayer.
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Summary: A memory long forgotten
Review: Suddenly, after 25 years, the recollection of this book took hold of me. I'm forever grateful for the experience. I was 16 when I read this unbelievable story and coupled with the Cronicles of Narnia, (what a contraditon!),it was this reading experience that made me love the written word and to this day, I feel fortunate. Far too many will live without knowing and appreciating a really good book; a really worthwhile escape; and real passion. They will never know the the wisdom and the knowledge brought to someone who enjoys reading; recognizing the humbleness of realizing how much they still have yet to learn. This book, if my recollection dosen't deceive me, married passion and education. I know that it profoundly impacted my life because it showed me the value & joy of reading, and I'm forever thankful.
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Summary: Read this!!!
Review: This book is very well written; the story runs very smoothly. The reader is captivated and the story is suspenseful. Well worth reading.
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Summary: A bland, overrated love story with historical interest.
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend, who knows I enjoy historical fiction. Well, yes... I will give the author credit in period research. However, her thesis is based more in mysticism which, regardless of your religious views, does not complement the facts. (I realize astrology has played a very important role historically and this is not my point of contention.) What remains is a love story, in which the underdeveloped characters do not induce much sympathy in the reader. Added to this we have the 'guru' doctor who mends the broken hearts from the previous life, but we are never told how. All in all a tedious read.
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Summary: Haunting, Beautiful, Spiritual & Complex
Review: This book, which I read for the first time when I was a young teenage girl, first introduced me to the concept that we travel through time with some of the same souls. From the first few pages, I was totally emersed in the story and I remember feeling very empty when the book was finished. I wanted more. Anya Seton really draws you into her characters lives, their thoughts and feelings. I have been looking for a copy of this book ever since (I gave my original away, years ago, not knowing the impact it would have on me later). If anyone can help me get another copy, I'd sure appreciate it.
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Summary: A true portrayal of the intricacies of love.
Review: This is a tale of star-crossed lovers that rivals that of Romeo and Juliet, only the characters in this novel have an added complexity that is missing from Shakespear's tale. This is in the truest sense a tragedy.
The reader will feel the wrenching agony of a love that dared to cross forbidden boundaries, boundaries that still exist today. This is a real tear-jerker, but the strength of the story keeps you reading as this story of ill-fated lovers leads to a devastating chain of events that will forever be burned into memory
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This is a wonderful book about karma and past lives. It takes place in the 1960s, England and in the 1500s. This piece brings in historical facts, although the author does not note which are acurate and which are made up. It is a long book, over 500 pages, but a quick read. I finished it in a couple of nights. A definite page turner. If you like "Knight in Shining Armour" by Jude Devaraux you would love this piece. It is a similiar concept only better (if you can believe that). This was a beautiful and sad love story, not a bodice ripper.
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This is a wonderful book about karma and past lives. It takes place in the 1960s, England and in the 1500s. This piece brings in historical facts, although the author does not note which are acurate and which are made up. It is a long book, over 500 pages, but a quick read. I finished it in a couple of nights. A definite page turner. If you like "Knight in Shining Armour" by Jude Devaraux you would love this piece. It is a similiar concept only better (if you can believe that). This was a beautiful and sad love story, not a bodice ripper.
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Summary: Absolutely one of the best books ever written
Review: This is an older book that I have read several times, and will always be a big favorite. It is full of real history, with real people and fictional characters blended so well you have trouble telling where reality ends and fiction begins. The love story, through reincarnation, alternates between the present and a time of religious and political turmoil 400 years ago. There is a blending of love, hate, war, intrigue, religion, science, and history. I have recommended this book to many, many book loving friends and every one loved it. My old copy is falling apart, and I think it is time to try to replace it. If you like love stories and history, you will love this book.
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