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Katherine je epski roman o ljubavnoj vezi koja je promijenila povijest. Glavni junaci su Katherine Swynford i John od Gaunta, preci većine pripadnika britanske kraljevske obitelji. Radnja se odigrava u slikovitom XIV. stoljeću, u doba pjesnika Chaucera i Crne smrti, a pripovijeda o viteškim pothvatima i veličanstvenoj dinastiji Plantageneta.
U okruženju spletki i urota istodobno cvjeta i romantična ljubav, pa se tako kraljev sin John od Gaunta strastveno zaljubljuje u Katherine. Njihova ljubav preživjet će desetljeća ratovanja, preljuba, ubojstava, usamljenosti, ali i iskupljenja…
Iako je njihova veza skandalozna i izaziva sablazan, ljubavna sreća Katherine i Johna isprva je nepomućena. Plod njihove ljubavi četvero je izvanbračne djece – John, Henry, Thomas i Joan – za koju joj svi zamjeraju da im daje prednost u odnosu na zakonitu djecu koju ima s pokojnim mužem Hughom Swynfordom. U turbulentno vrijeme engleske povijesti, kada Crna smrt kosi sve pred sobom, kmetovi za sve svoje nedaće krive Johna od Gaunta. U poznatoj Pobuni kmetova Johnov dvorac u Savoyu spaljen je do temelja i Katherine se mora vratiti na svoj posjed Kettlethorpe. Hoće li razdvojenost presuditi njihovoj ljubavi?
„Sjajan primjer ljubavnoga romana a ujedno i klasičnoga književnoga djela koje oduševljava svojom raskoši i pravi je dragulj jer nenadmašno dočarava prilike u Engleskoj u XIV. stoljeću.“ The Austin Chronicle
U okruženju spletki i urota istodobno cvjeta i romantična ljubav, pa se tako kraljev sin John od Gaunta strastveno zaljubljuje u Katherine. Njihova ljubav preživjet će desetljeća ratovanja, preljuba, ubojstava, usamljenosti, ali i iskupljenja…
Iako je njihova veza skandalozna i izaziva sablazan, ljubavna sreća Katherine i Johna isprva je nepomućena. Plod njihove ljubavi četvero je izvanbračne djece – John, Henry, Thomas i Joan – za koju joj svi zamjeraju da im daje prednost u odnosu na zakonitu djecu koju ima s pokojnim mužem Hughom Swynfordom. U turbulentno vrijeme engleske povijesti, kada Crna smrt kosi sve pred sobom, kmetovi za sve svoje nedaće krive Johna od Gaunta. U poznatoj Pobuni kmetova Johnov dvorac u Savoyu spaljen je do temelja i Katherine se mora vratiti na svoj posjed Kettlethorpe. Hoće li razdvojenost presuditi njihovoj ljubavi?
„Sjajan primjer ljubavnoga romana a ujedno i klasičnoga književnoga djela koje oduševljava svojom raskoši i pravi je dragulj jer nenadmašno dočarava prilike u Engleskoj u XIV. stoljeću.“ The Austin Chronicle
374 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published November 1, 2015
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About the author
Anya Seton
38 books950 followersAnya Seton (January 23, 1904 (although the year is often misstated to be 1906 or 1916) - November 8, 1990) was the pen name of the American author of historical romances, Ann Seton.
Ann Seton was born in New York, and died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. She was the daughter of English-born naturalist and pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America, Ernest Thompson Seton and Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson. She is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich.
Her historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers.[citation needed] Dragonwyck (1941) and Foxfire (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Two 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 eventually became the basis for the Tudor and Stuart families of England, and Green Darkness, the story of a modern couple plagued by their past life incarnations. Most of her novels have been recently republished, several with forewords by Philippa Gregory.
Her novel Devil Water concerns James, the luckless Earl of Derwentwater and his involvement with the Jacobite rising of 1715. She also narrates the story of his brother Charles, beheaded after the 1745 rebellion, the last man to die for the cause. The action of the novel moves back and forth between Northumberland, Tyneside, London and America.
Anya Seton stated that the book developed out of her love for Northumberland. Anya certainly visited her Snowdon cousins at Felton. Billy Pigg, the celebrated Northumbrian piper played 'Derwentwater's Farewell' especially for her. The novel shows her typical thorough research of events and places, though the accents are a little wayward. Anya Seton said that her greatest debt of all was to Miss Amy Flagg of Westoe Village in South Shields, her father's birthplace.
Ann Seton was born in New York, and died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. She was the daughter of English-born naturalist and pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America, Ernest Thompson Seton and Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson. She is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich.
Her historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers.[citation needed] Dragonwyck (1941) and Foxfire (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Two 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 eventually became the basis for the Tudor and Stuart families of England, and Green Darkness, the story of a modern couple plagued by their past life incarnations. Most of her novels have been recently republished, several with forewords by Philippa Gregory.
Her novel Devil Water concerns James, the luckless Earl of Derwentwater and his involvement with the Jacobite rising of 1715. She also narrates the story of his brother Charles, beheaded after the 1745 rebellion, the last man to die for the cause. The action of the novel moves back and forth between Northumberland, Tyneside, London and America.
Anya Seton stated that the book developed out of her love for Northumberland. Anya certainly visited her Snowdon cousins at Felton. Billy Pigg, the celebrated Northumbrian piper played 'Derwentwater's Farewell' especially for her. The novel shows her typical thorough research of events and places, though the accents are a little wayward. Anya Seton said that her greatest debt of all was to Miss Amy Flagg of Westoe Village in South Shields, her father's birthplace.
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September 15, 2016
Prekrasna knjiga, prekrasno napisana. Drago mi je što se Blanchette spasila! Dugo sam u ovoj knjizi uživala,ali vrijedilo je.
June 21, 2019
Za razliku od prvog dijela koji mi je na momente bio dosadan,drugi dio je dinamičan,zanimljiv i pročitan u dahu.
June 12, 2017
Prvi dio duologije je bio iole interesantan, ali ovaj dio je uvelike razvukao sa radnjom i određenim scenama, što je uvelike pokvarilo osjećanja prema knjizi i priči uopšte. Kraj mi se svidio, što je razlog zvijezdici više.
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Moj osvrt na ovu knjigu nalazi se u osvrtu na I. dio tako da neću ponovo pisati novi.
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