Wideacre

ISBN-13: 9780007230013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 608 str.

Philippa Gregory

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Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But, as a woman of the 18th century, she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others. Sh

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Praise for Philippa Gregory:

"The eighteenth-century woman is a neglected creature but, in the figure of her heroine, Philippa Gregory has defined a certain kind of wildness...This is a novel written from instinct, not out of calculation, and it shows.' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

'For sheer pace and percussive drama it will take a lot of beating.' Sunday Times

'Gregory's research is impeccable which makes her imaginative fiction all the more convincing.' Daily Mail

'A story of violent love and unsettling passions. It will never let you rest for a page as you wait for the climax that must come for the people and the land.' Maeve Binchy

'Subtle and exciting.' Daily Express

O autorze

Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned author of historical novels. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Works that have been adapted for television include A Respectable Trade, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool. The Other Boleyn Girl is now a major film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. Philippa Gregory lives in the North of England with her family.