Child from the Sea - Hardcover

Goudge, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0848830016 ISBN 13: 9780848830014

Publisher: Amereon Limited, 2007

Synopsis

Against the pomp and pageantry of turbulent seventeenthcentury England, Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter, the proud and beautiful secret wife of Charles II.

From her early childhood in a castle by the sea in Wales―evoked as only Elizabeth Goudge can evoke the joys and pangs of childhood―to her tragic estrangement from the king and her death in Paris at the age of twentyeight, Lucy Walter lived to the full a life of intense joy and equally intense drama. Miss Goudge portrays brilliantly a young love almost too ecstatic to bear. Equally moving is her characterization of Lucy―a spirited woman caught up in the cataclysmic wars and disruptive revolution of a tumultuous era. London at the time of the Great Fire, Paris when British royalty fled to the sanctuary of the Louvre, Brussels and The Hague―against this rich panoramic background a master storyteller traces the life and loves of an extraordinary woman.

The Child from the Sea is a superbly colorful and romantic historical novel alive with brilliant cameos and infused with a spiritual essence rare in our times.

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About the Author:

Elizabeth Goudge was a British novelist (19001984) born into the home of an Anglican priest and theologian. She wrote childrens books as well as novelsher "Green Dolphin Street" was made into an Academy-Award winning film. In style and themes she parallels English writers such as the creator of the Miss Read series as well mirroring the spiritual depth found in George MacDonalds Victorian novels. She won the Carnegie Award in 1947 for "The Little White Horse", which is J. K. Rowlings favorite childrens book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amereon Limited
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0848830016
• ISBN 13: 9780848830014
• Binding: Hardcover