The Hearth and Eagle

by Anya Seton

Book Overview

"A substantial and well-told story that makes real one of the longest and most vigorous strands in the making of our country." --New York Herald Tribune In the mid-1940s, the great historical novelist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001BYAKBS
• ISBN13: 8601422389784
• Release Date: January 1948
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A must for visiting marblehead

The book was received in reasonable condition for its age. Delivery was prompt and enabled me to read it before my trip to marblehead.

Marblehead Then and Then, But Not Now!

I first read The Hearth and the Eagle in 1965. I was already familiar with Marblehead, as a major attraction for Northshore teenagers in the early sixties was King's Rook Coffeehouse. The Hearth and the Eagle was the first Historic Fiction I read...the precursor of many, many hours spent in other times and places. Visiting the town, after reading the book, and climbing up to the cemetery with the monument to fishermen lost to the Grand Banks, I found familiar names, as Seton used many Marblehead family names in her novel. I wonder if the cemetery still has that eerie quality about it, as if all that history, all those brave men, are still there, overlooking the sea which provided their livelihood. I visited Marblehead, last summer, for the first time in more than thirty years. Where is the Marblehead I remember? This town is only remotely familiar. It's changed from a genuine Yankee seashore town to a Disneyesque version of one. I just ordered a copy of The Hearth and the Eagle...as I need to reinforce the memory of what had always been one of my favorite places. Times change...but, fortunately, not the written word. I recommend this book to anyone looking for history and romance all wrapped up in the bow of a unique, remarkable Massachusetts town.

Richly detailed characterizations

This book captures all the details of Marblehead's unique history in memorable characterizations. Reading Hearth and Eagle will make those not blessed with an address in Marblehead long to visit and experience this unique stetting for themselves. A wonderful read. I could not put it down. My copy has been passed through half of Marblehead's residents!

One of the Best books on my list!

I am only twelve, but I found this book fabulous! Although put into easily read text, The Hearth and Eagle is a complex and extremly enjoyable book. My mother has lived in Marblehead for a good period of her life, and it has always been to me a funky kind of town. However, after reading this book, I realised how spirited 'Headers have always been. While reading it during school, the people sitting near me would continually roll their eyes as I proceeded to make endless faces and gasps, totally absorbed in the book!

Absolutely a wonderful book!

Anya Seton outdoes herself. This book is so beautifully written. It takes us from the sixteenth century to the 20th century. Sailing from England and arriving in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The heartaches and the pathos .. the wonderment of a new place. She shows Marblehead as the wonderful place it is and how it survived through fires...how the men were lost at sea and we see the poor families and the wealthy...all interwoven into a book one cannot put down.