In hindsight, I believe that in the intervening years we have seen numerous stories that use this plot twist, so we’ve become inured to the shock.

I describe it not as a mystery, but more of a “how-done-it”- more Columbo than Sherlock. As you read, the dread and curiosity increases.

In the novel, the outcome is stated in the introduction. But the climax-this time-was a real letdown. As I read it recently, savoring the delicious anticipation of the outcome, I was once again enthralled, and pulled into the Tudor era. I remembered the climax as profoundly powerful. Re-reading a favorite book is like visiting the house you lived in as a small child! Memory can play funny tricks. Spurred by nostalgic recollection, I contacted the publisher and our saga began. I suddenly wondered whether GREEN DARKNESS had ever been filmed and found that it had not.

Several months ago I was in the mood for a good historical movie. Q: What is your personal take on the book?Ī: GREEN DARKNESS is one of my favorite novels and Anya Seton one of my fave authors. 'Anya Seton has a knack of vividly painting the glory, cruelty, passion, and prejudice of long-ago days.Today, we have another question and answer: 'Elegantly mannered and exhaustively researched, the writing of Anya Seton has captivated readers for decades.'- The Austin Chronicle 'Seton's use of language, the crisp descriptions, the depth of emotions shown subtly growing to an almost unbearable pinnacle.'-Barbara Samuel, a.k.a. Although Celia and Stephen can't escape the horrifying consequences of their love, fate-and time-offer them another chance for redemption.

She journeys back almost four hundred years to the reign of Edward VI and her former life as the servant girl Celia de Bohun-and her doomed love affair with the chaplain Stephen Marsdon. Richard acts out of character, and Celia is suffering a debilitating emotional breakdown.Ī friend of Celia's mother, a wise, Hindu mystic, realizes the couple is haunted by an event from their past lives, and the only way to repair the damage is to send Celia back in time. Strange things are afoot after English aristocrat Richard Marsdon takes his new wife Celia, an American heiress, to his family home in Sussex. A 1960s guru sends a troubled American woman back over 400 years into a past life to save her marriage in this classic New York Times–bestselling romance.

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