# Anya Seton's Novel "Avalon" Ever Made a Movie?
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**Created:** [January 13, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anya-setons-novel-avalon-ever-made-a-movie/647098 "2013-01-13T22:26:14Z")
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anya-setons-novel-avalon-ever-made-a-movie/647098/1 "2013-01-13T22:26:14Z")
I really enjoyed reading this novel-its a fascinating tale of 1000 years ago. It has a lot of action, and is very well done.
Was amovie version ever made? How popular is Seton today?
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anya-setons-novel-avalon-ever-made-a-movie/647098/2 "2013-01-13T22:35:52Z")
I don’t think it has. I Googled “Anya Seton movies” and came up with just two, neither of which was _Avalon_.
I have seen _Dragonwyck_, starring Vincent Price and Gene Tierney.
I also read her book _Katherine_, and really loved it. I still have an old hardcover copy of it. There’s a Youtube thing someone put up with their suggested casting for a movie of _Katherine_. I think it would make a heck of a picture, but proabably too expensive.
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### Author:  [@jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jehan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anya-setons-novel-avalon-ever-made-a-movie/647098/3 "2013-01-14T00:37:49Z")
I remember reading somewhere that there was serious talk of making a “Katherine” movie back in the 1950s, but the adultery of the two protagonists was problematic for the times, and no studio would do it. I think it would be a great miniseries today, as would " Avalon" or “Green Darkness”, or even “Devil Water”.
Her writing is a bit dated today, but she was a great storyteller.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anya-setons-novel-avalon-ever-made-a-movie/647098/4 "2013-01-14T00:44:02Z")
I must have read “Green Darkness” a hundred times, it is SO SO good. Historical novel set in the 1500’s, and I think it would be a great mini-series, too, but made in England. The kind of thing that used to be on Masterpiece Theater. (I also love “Katherine”).