Winthrop Woman

&;The Winthrop Woman is that rare literary accomplishment &; living history. Really good fictionalized history [like this] often gives closer reality to a period than do factual records.&; &; Chicago Tribune . In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop newly widowed with an infant daughter set sail for the New World. Against a background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends the Siwanoy Indians; and above all dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded. And so as a response to this almost unmatched courage and vitality Governor John Winthrop came to refer to this woman in the historical records of the time as his &;unregenerate niece.&;. Anya Seton&;s riveting historical novel portrays the fortitude humiliation and ultimate triumph of the Winthrop woman who believed in a concept of happiness transcending that of her own day. . &;A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto sentimentality and compassion. It is bound to give much enjoyment and a good many thrills.&; &; Times Literary Supplement. &;Abundant and juicy entertainment.&; &; New York Times