About this title: This fiercely beautiful novel tells the true story of Charles Radcliff, a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of his daughter, Jenny, by a secret marriage. Set in the wilds of Northumbria, teeming London, and colonial Virginia - where Jenny eventually settled on the estate of the famous William Byrd of ...
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Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good. No Jacket Book club edition published in 1962. No dj. Tight and clean. Cover has some scrapes on front, with scuffed corners. read more
Description: Good; 1963. Aged with page darkening-very lightly used-mild signs of handling at corner tips-unmarked.; Paperback; Pocket Books; New York; First Printing; 16mo 6"-7" tall; 564 pages; , read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good in Poor jacket. Approx. 6 X 8 1/2" Book has edge and corner wear and some (paint? ) stains to the cover. Moisture ripples to bottom page margins through about page 14. Dust jacket price clipped, worn and fringed. read more
Edition: Giant cardinal edition, first printing
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc., Boston
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. tight copy, clean on inside, slight shelf wear to cover, pages are lightly yellowing. Soft-bound, glued binding, 564 pgs. Audience: General/trade read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good/Very Good- 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall Used In colorful jacket, 8vo, 526pp. (light shelfwear and sm. nicks to jacket extremities). read more
Description: Very Good. Very minor shelfwear/bumping, previous owners name on the info page, no other marks. Photos available. "Tempting you to turn pages since 1991. " read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcopy Corners bumped, edgewear, nick to back cover, owner's name written to first page, webbing is showing at inside front cover and first page, otherwise, book is in very good condition with no other markings, creases, rips, tears or writing to book. Biographical novel about England and Virginia in the early 18th century, about the two Jacobite rebellions, the Radcliffe family and that of William Byrd of Westover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books, Leicester
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780854565542ISBN:085456554X
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Typical ex-lib markings, maroon cover gold spine lettering, mild wear to edges, 2 corners have slighht wear thru, spine tail frayed and head has 1/4" tear/fray, straight, tight, clean text, 515+ pages, condensed by the editors of reader's digest condensed books. read more
"From the back cover of the novel: "Devil Water is the true story of Charles Ratcliffe, a Catholic nobleman who joined in the doomed Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of Jenny his daughter by a secret marriage. Set in the wilds of Northumbria, teeming London and colonial Virginia, Devil Water is a story of loyalty, passion, and courage in both the the Old World and the New." It was a good read and great history. While I enjoyed Katherine and The Winthrop Woman each even more than this, one can't expect a much better historical novel."
Devil Water is the true story of Charles Radcliffe, a Catholic nobleman who joined in the doomed Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of Jenny, his daughter by a secret marriage. Set in the wilds of Northumbria, teeming London and colonial Virginia, Devil Water is a story of loyalty, passion, and courage in both the Old World and the New.
My impression:
Typical of Anya Seton this was a marvelous read. It started out slowly for me but picked up quickly. I read this book because it was selected as one of our group reads in Historical Fiction. I did Google several of the characters and found that Ms. Seton's research was correct. Very little is known, however, about Jane "Jenny" Radcliffe or Rob Wilson so I leave those to Ms. Seton's data and take her word on them. The problem with historical fiction is that the reader knows the outcome from the beginning, but it does not make it any less regretful. I enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it. It deals with a era in Scottish/English history and pre-Revolutionary American history that I know little about and I was glad to learn more."
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