Devil Water

<p>"A true story fictionalized by a writer who has a special feeling for the dramatic . . . Mixed by Miss Seton's skillful hands the dust of the past becomes the clay of the artist and is molded into memorable lifelike form." --<em>Chicago Tribune </em></p><p>This fiercely beautiful novel tells the true story of Charles Radcliffe a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and of Jenny his daughter by a secret marriage. Set in the Northumbrian wilds teeming London and colonial Virginia--where Jenny eventually settled on the estate of the famous William Byrd of Westover--Jenny's story reveals one young woman's loyalty passion and courage as she struggles in a life divided between the Old World and the New.</p><p>Miss Seton's narrative is richly buttressed with the results of scrupulous research on the personages and the period. Her sole purpose is to tell a rousing good tale plainly and simply and this she does admirably." --<em>New York Herald Tribune</em></p>