The Heaven Tree Trilogy: The Heaven Tree, the Green Branch, the Scarlet Seed

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Summary: Classic Best of All Time
Review: This has to one of the best books I have ever read. The story of this noble turned stonecutter in the often brutal medieval period was nothing short of magnificent. Although this book is out of print and quite lengthy (899 pages)it is well worth the historical romance lovers time to read this magnificent story! Love, honor, hate, feuds and heart wrenching forgiveness. This novel covered it all. Absolutely fabulous! I cried so much in the last chapters that someone walking in on me thought a family member died. - Try your best to find a copy and do take the time to read - This has to be a classic!

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Summary: Please republish this winner
Review: This is a monumental novel that was a bit daunting when I saw the size of it. But I became totally immersed in the historical period and the story, and was really sorry to come to the end of it. I felt sort of lost, without another book worthy of this one to start on! That was last year--now I want to own the book ( the trilogy) so I can dive in again and re-read parts of it. ( I may just start over at page one!) I hope the publisher will reprint this great book.

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Summary: An entertaining, wise and beautifully written story ...
Review: Though set in medieval England, Edith Pargeter's Heaven Tree trilogy (The Heaven Tree, The Scarlet Seed and the Green Branch) transcends the boundaries of the "historical fiction" genre. Although meticulously researched and unerring in historical detail, the story takes the reader beyond costumes and castles into the complex world of the human heart. Pargeter draw powerful pictures of all the characters, and her magic is such that, by the end of the saga, one has wept in compassion for the "villain" as much as for the sorrows of the "heroes". Few books have detailed so thoroughly the light and dark places of the human heart--and to have done so while telling "a rattling good tale" is an accomplishment beyond compare. This trilogy is a "keeper", to be read over and over in the way that one consults an old and wise, compassionate friend