Green Darkness | 
|  | | | Title: | Green Darkness | | Author: | Anya Seton | | Publisher: | Chicago Review Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 April, 2005 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1556525761 / 9781556525766 | | List Price: | $14.95 | | You Save: | $4.78 | | Amazon Price: | $10.17 | |
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Product Description
This unforgettable story of undying love combines mysticism, suspense, mystery, and romance into a web of good and evil that stretches from 16th-century England to the present day. Richard Marsdon marries a young American woman named Celia, brings her to live at his English estate, and all seems to be going well. But now Richard has become withdrawn, and Celia is constantly haunted by a vague dread. When she suffers a breakdown and wavers between life and death, a wise doctor realizes that only by forcing Celia to relive her past can he enable her to escape her illness. Celia travels back 400 years in time to her past life as a beautiful but doomed servant. Through her eyes, we see the England of the Tudors, torn by religious strife, and experience all the pageantry, lustiness, and cruelty of the age. As in other historical romance titles by this author, the past comes alive in this flamboyant classic novel.
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Customer Reviews:
• Tragically Beautiful. 23 June, 2008
I can understand why some other reviewers find the Green Darkness a
bit eccentric; it is, after all, a story about Reincarnation.
However, in spite of my very high expectation,
the book did not fail to brand a strong impressions on me,as most tragic story does. It is not, in any way, as masterful as Anya Seton's Katherine, but it's still made my evenings very pleasant, though I despaired over the turns of events.
I don't know if this was intentionally done, but at some parts I'd briefly thought that the characters were suffering unnecessarily...
but then again, I guess it was necessary in order for
the story to build its mystifying and beautiful aura.
In any case, despite the negative reviews seen here, you just canNOT
go wrong with an Anya Seton. Highly recommended for those who find
the concept of reincarnation and karma fascinating, as well as
historical-novel lovers alike.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AWO0EWKNXKS1O
• Great Book 13 July, 2008
Great read!! Admit a little slower than I expected but once it took off...a real page turner!! I reccommend this book; a great summer read!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1IHQNL1N6SD9L
• Dark Splendor 09 August, 2008
This book is beautifully written with fascinating subject matter. I am intrigued by the idea of reincarnation, and that we can go back and relive past experiences. Ms. Seton crafts a dark, lurid tale of a doomed love affair between a monk and his lovely student. Unlike another reviewer I found no problem with Celia; she behaved as many teenaged girls behave when they are in love: foolish and overly emotional to be sure, but that is how teenagers can be, even ones born in the 16th century. There were many parts in the book where I thought "Oh no, Celia - don't do that!" But she did, and I was riveted. I found the character of the water witch particularly fascinating and would have liked to know more about her; she was worthy of her own book! This is a dark story, as the title suggests, and it continues to haunt me. I was swept away into Celia's world as a result of Anya Seton's brilliant descriptions of the time period. All the more interesting because it is based on fact.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2PTGIJZWU4ACO
• Haunting And Unforgettable 23 June, 2008
I read this book a few years ago and I still think about the story to this day. A must read.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2AJBALN0OVZVX
• So Boring, So Disappointing! 22 June, 2008
I started this book and put it down a third of the way through. I found it boring, boring, boring. I friend advised trying to finish, so I picked up where I left off and read another third of the book and found it no better. I decided not to waste any more time on a book I disliked. It was not only boring the characters didn't mesh, the plot was chaotic and confusing. This was the first book I read by Anya Seton and I doubt I will try another. It is also the first book I have ever put down without finishing. As an avid reader for over 50 years, and I especially love historical fiction, this was a real disappointment.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2FOQCK85KPES5
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