Elswyth Thane

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born

May 16, 1900 in Burlington, Iowa, The United States

died

July 01, 1984

gender

female

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.

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Books by Elswyth Thane

Average rating: 4.07 · 1,947 ratings · 192 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Dawn's Early Light (Williamsburg, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1934 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1944 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Ever After (Williamsburg, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1945 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Tryst 4.07 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1939 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Kissing Kin (Williamsburg, #5) 3.97 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1948 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Light Heart (Williamsburg, #4) 4.27 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1947 — 7 editions	My rating:
	This Was Tomorrow (Williamsburg, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1951 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Homing (Williamsburg, #7) 3.94 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1957 — 5 editions	My rating:
	From This Day Forward 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1941 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Queen's Folly 3.74 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Elswyth Thane

Williamsburg (7 books)
by Elswyth Thane

4.18 avg rating — 1,269 ratings

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