Dandelion Seed

by Lena Kennedy

Like a dandelion seed adrift on the wayward winds, Marcelle de la Strange is an innocent in the decadent and dangerous London of James I.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published July 1, 1988

About the author

Lena Kennedy (June 15, 1914 - August 1 1986), was an English author. Her books were mostly historic romantic fiction set in and around the East End of London where she lived for all her life. Some of her books, including her autobiography, were published posthumously.

She appeared, as a subject, on the television programme This Is Your Life shortly before her death in 1986.

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this one a lot more than I was expecting to. While some of the characters were drawn in very broad strokes the main ones did have different sides to them and the settings/scenes they were placed in interesting. The pace of the writing was good and it was a lot grittier/bloodier than the cover suggests!

[Cara Byrne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Years ago I read 'Maggie' by Lena Kennedy. Don't remember too much about the story now but I do know I enjoyed it a lot and this one was just as enjoyable too. 'The Dandelion Seed' is more of an historical novel though (or I like to call them 'faction' - a story based around facts). Based in the era of James I tells of a young girl who's mother was murdered as a 'witchhunt' and she went on to have a baby who was kidnapped. A nice story but wasn't expecting the ending.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very good book. Enjoyed.