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Wow. I wasn't quite prepared for the power or the characters and imagery of this book. To take a subject as dry as the Puritans of the 1600s and turn it into a racy, riveting drama is quite a gift. Using the real-life Winthrop family of the early 17th century, Seton spins the tale of how the Puritan group came into being and how plans were laid to create the Massachusetts Bay Company. The historical accuracy seems excellent, yet the most powerful aspect of the book is Elizabeth (aka Bess) Fones (of Winthrop blood), who is without question the most corporeal, vital, and realistic Puritan character I have ever met. The book follows her through lusty and not-so-lusty marriages, telling the story of one husband who went completely mad, and of the bloody massacres of whites by Indians AND vice-versa, and of Elizabeth's long-standing attraction to the studly and principled settler Will Hallett. Elizabeth encounters so much hardship that I began to fear for a really heartbreaking ending to the story, but Seton does a beautiful job of imbuing Elizabeth's life -- even her final days -- with meaning and spirit. I cried good tears at the end.


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The Winthrop Woman A Novel Rediscovered Classics Anya Seton Philippa Gregory 9781556526442 Books Reviews

Well written, classic, dignified, yet very entertaining. It's nice to read a novel of substance that does not have to resort to explicit sexuality as in so many current books. This book "holds its own" because of its quality. The author shows master craftsmanship in weaving history and a beautiful storyline to make it come alive.
Historically accurate, readable fiction describing life in Puritan America from the Winthrop Fleet into the 1650's. The protagonist is a young woman, niece and daughter in law to John Winthrop, but alienated from her Uncle/father because of his severity and her own wish for happiness. because she was a Winthrop, many records survive. Because she was unable to knuckle under completely, she had an unusual and interesting life. We follow her from Newtown (Cambridge) to Watertown in Massachusetts, and to locations in Connecticut and New York. Her first husband having died before she got to America, she married (at her Uncle's command) a weak man. Until he became insane this might have been tolerable, but it meant she had no support, and had all the male responsibilities of the marriage, with none of the authority. This is an uneasy reminder how thoroughly women in early New England were subject to the judgments of men in their lives. From her Uncle/father in law to her son in law, the men in her family expected (and were expected by society) to control her.
Fortunately, New Amsterdam was not quite as misogynist and she was able (by declaring herself an adulteress) to divorce her second husband when he left for England. This left her free in Dutch territory, but guilty of a capital crime in English lands. Eventually she found some happiness with her third husband, but they were beset with problems, and had to start over in a new place several times
This great classic doesn't require a review from me on how well it was researched or written. Elizabeth Winthrop is one of our country's "Foremothers" and her story was well-told by Anya Seaton. Whether or not you enjoy it may have more to do with the kinds of books you like than its actual worth. It was written in the late fifties and as I recall, when my older sister read it in the early sixties, it was considered quite a racy book. Well, in today's world it is pretty tame, but still an excellent story.

I rarely criticize books for their editing because there are so many first time authors that I give them a pass. I just want to have a chance to read what they have to say. And though I read many indie books that have editing issues I have NEVER seen such a badly edited book in my life! Considering that the original was well-edited, I feel that republishing an existing classic and charging almost $8 for such a lousy version with no value added is an absolute crime.

The book was obviously scanned and published with NO editing at all. Anybody who has even minimal experience with scanning-to-text would realize that the software doesn't always interpret the scan correctly and if you don't edit it there will be whole sentences that have so many mistakes that they make no sense. This was the case with the version of The Winthrop Woman. Saying that they did a poor job editing is to give them too much credit. If anybody even read through this book before publishing it they must have been illiterate.

SHAME ON YOU AMAZON for selling such a trashy piece of publishing!!!
Wow. I wasn't quite prepared for the power or the characters and imagery of this book. To take a subject as dry as the Puritans of the 1600s and turn it into a racy, riveting drama is quite a gift. Using the real-life Winthrop family of the early 17th century, Seton spins the tale of how the Puritan group came into being and how plans were laid to create the Massachusetts Bay Company. The historical accuracy seems excellent, yet the most powerful aspect of the book is Elizabeth (aka Bess) Fones (of Winthrop blood), who is without question the most corporeal, vital, and realistic Puritan character I have ever met. The book follows her through lusty and not-so-lusty marriages, telling the story of one husband who went completely mad, and of the bloody massacres of whites by Indians AND vice-versa, and of Elizabeth's long-standing attraction to the studly and principled settler Will Hallett. Elizabeth encounters so much hardship that I began to fear for a really heartbreaking ending to the story, but Seton does a beautiful job of imbuing Elizabeth's life -- even her final days -- with meaning and spirit. I cried good tears at the end.