Devil Water

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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. Anya Seton (1904-1990) was the author of 10 bestselling historical novels: My Theodosia, Dragonwyck, The Turquoise, The Hearth and Eagle, Foxfire, Katherine, The Winthrop Woman, Devil Water, Avalon, and Green Darkness.