num_pages: 343
description: A novel of seduction, mystery, and danger set in New York’s Hudson Valley in the nineteenth century, by the author of Foxfire. There was, on the Hudson, a way of life such as this, and there was a house not unlike Dragonwyck . . . In the spring of 1844, the Wells family receives a letter from a distant relative, the wealthy landowner Nicholas Van Ryn. He has invited one of their daughters for an extended visit at his Hudson Valley estate, Dragonwyck. Eighteen-year-old Miranda, bored with her local suitors and commonplace life on the farm, leaps at the chance for an escape. She immediately falls under the spell of both the master and his mansion, mesmerized by the Gothic towers, flowering gardens, and luxurious lifestyle—but unaware of the dark, terrible secrets that await. Anya Seton masterfully tells the heart-stopping story of a remarkable woman, her extraordinary passions, and the mystery that resides in the magnificent hallways of Dragonwyck.
language: English
title: Dragonwyck
titlecomplete: Dragonwyck
characters: Virginia Clemm Poe, Nicholas Van Ryn, Johanna Van Ryn, Abigail Wells, Miranda Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Ephraim Wells
genres: Classics, Historical, Mystery, Gothic, Historical Romance, Romance, Historical Fiction, Gothic Romance, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 6098
places: Hudson, New York, Greenwich, Connecticut
publisher: Triangle Books