Elswyth Thane (Author of Dawn's Early Light)

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Elswyth Thane

Born

in Burlington, Iowa, The United States

May 16, 1900

Died

July 01, 1984

Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance

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Thane is most famous for her "Williamsburg" series of historical fiction. The books cover several generations of a single family from the American Revolutionary War up to World War II. The action moves from Williamsburg in later books to England, New York City and Richmond, Virginia. ...more

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	Dawn's Early Light (Williamsburg #1) by Elswyth Thane, Leila Meacham 4.26 avg rating — 1,637 ratings — published 1943 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg #2) by Elswyth Thane, Leila Meacham (Foreword) 4.40 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 1944 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ever After (Williamsburg, #3) 4.39 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 1945 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tryst 4.24 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1939 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Light Heart (Williamsburg, #4) 4.39 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 1947 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kissing Kin (Williamsburg, #5) 4.20 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 1948 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Was Tomorrow (Williamsburg, #6) 4.32 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1951 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homing (Williamsburg, #7) 4.31 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1957 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen's Folly really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From This Day Forward 4.22 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1941 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A house you came to love was like a person, and loved you back, and then you belonged to it forever.”
― Elswyth Thane, Ever After

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“There, there," she said. "Don't take it so hard, Dee. Wars don't last forever. I know. I can remember...”
― Elswyth Thane, Yankee Stranger

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“It's nice to be loved for one's faults and not one's virtues!" "...Knowing that whatever you do or however badly you behave, he still feels the way he said just now." "But if people really love each other their faults don't matter," said Bracken..Dinah regarded him with large, serious eyes. "I wonder how many people could say that," she murmured.”
― Elswyth Thane, Ever After

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