Smouldering Fires

New York: Signet. Very Good+. 1977. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0451072766 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and edges of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear. The front cover has some rubbing / discoloration to the bottom half. The rear book cover has some light splotches of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. "Seton's historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers: Dragonwyck (1944) and Foxfire (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Three of her books are classics in their genre and continue in their popularity to the present: Katherine, the story of Katherine Swynford, the mistress and eventual wife of John of Gaunt, and their children, who were the direct ancestors of the Tudors, Stuarts, and the modern British royal family; Green Darkness, the story of a modern couple plagued by their past life incarnations; and The Winthrop Woman about the notorious Elizabeth Fones, niece and daughter-in-law of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Most of her novels have been recently republished, several with forewords by Philippa Gregory. In 2003, Katherine was chosen as the 95th best British novel of all time in a nationwide poll conducted by the BBC. " (from Wikipedia) .