![]() I was not yet the devoted lover of historical fiction that I would later become, but even then, I was captivated. I first read Katherine as a teenager-around the time of her 25th anniversary. ![]() This is illustrated most clearly by the book’s inclusion in the listing of the top 100 favorite books in the BBC Big Read (2003). All of Seton’s novels were best sellers, yet in the fifty years since its original publication, Katherine stands apart, showing the longevity of a classic. Katherine, the story of the mistress and later, the wife of John of Gaunt, was the sixth of the ten popular novels * written by Anya Seton. originally published in The Historical Novels Review Magazine of the Historical Novel Society (HNS) To Katherine (Swynford) on Her Fiftieth Anniversary ![]()
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