{"product_id":"the-turquoise","title":"Anya Seton: The Turquoise [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe spellbinding\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003estory of a gifted woman who leaves the magic mountains of her native New Mexico for the chaotic New York of the 1870s. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'To read Seton is to enter into another time with such conviction that it seems as real as the present' (Philippa Gregory) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSanta Fe Cameron, named for the place of her birth, is the child of a Spanish mother and a Scotch father and inherited from both a high degree of psychic ability. A Native American medicine man senses this and gives the little orphan a turquoise amulet as a keepsake; this turquoise, the Navajo symbol of the spirit, dominates her life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Fey, life is made up of violent contrasts: the rough wagon of the young Irishman who brings her East and the scented hansom cabs and carriages waiting before her own Fifth Avenue mansion; the glittering world of the Astor family and a dreary cell in The Tombs prison. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll the rich period detail which characterises Anya Seton's novels is here, together with one of her most unusual heroines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seton, Anya","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44492457804066,"sku":"9781444788303","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/seton-anya-anya-seton-the-turquoise-2014-paperback-9781444788303-60219070742867.jpg?v=1732767971","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-turquoise","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}