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Dragonwyck

Anya Seton

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English
Hodder & Stoughton
08 July 2014
It was
on an afternoon in May 1844 when the letter came from Dragonwyck. Tired of

life on her father's farm in Connecticut, Miranda Wells happily accepts the

invitation to the luxurious estate of her distant relative, the dashing and

mysterious Nicholas Van Ryn.

Introduced to a way of life she has only ever dreamed of, the innocent farm

girl becomes a great lady. But soon the dark secrets of Dragonwyck begin to

unfold.

A classic gothic romance set against a richly detailed historical backdrop,

Dragonwyck is Anya Seton's bestselling second novel. First published in

1944, it was adapted for cinema in 1946 starring Gene Tierney and Vincent

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Imprint:   Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   254g
ISBN:   9781444788228
ISBN 10:   1444788221
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Anya Seton was born in New York City and grew up on her father's large estate in Cos Cob and Greenwich, Connecticut, where visiting Indians taught her Indian dancing and woodcraft. One Sioux chief called her Anutika, which means 'cloud grey eyes', a name which the family shortened to Anya. She was educated by governesses, and then travelled abroad, first to England, then to France where she hoped to become a doctor. She studied for a while at the Hotel Dieu hospital in Paris before marrying at eighteen and having three children. She began writing in 1938 with a short story sold to a newspaper syndicate and the first of her novels was published in 1941. She died in 1990.

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