Wideacre - Softcover

Gregory, Philippa

3.35

25,581 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140098224 ISBN 13: 9780140098228

Publisher: Penguin, 1988

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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.

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"San Jose Mercury News"

The quintessential page-turner.

Val Hennessy

"London Daily Mail"

When it comes to writers of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory is in the very top league.

"Pasadena Star-News"

Never has fiction portrayed such a woman as Beatrice Lacey...."Wideacre" is a compelling story of dark fascination.

Maeve Binchy

Author of "Quentins"

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.

San Jose Mercury News The quintessential page-turner.

Val Hennessy London Daily Mail When it comes to writers of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory is in the very top league.

Pasadena Star-News Never has fiction portrayed such a woman as Beatrice Lacey.... Wideacre is a compelling story of dark fascination.

Maeve Binchy Author of Quentins 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.

"San Jose Mercury News"The quintessential page-turner.

Val Hennessy"London Daily Mail"When it comes to writers of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory is in the very top league.

"Pasadena Star-News"Never has fiction portrayed such a woman as Beatrice Lacey...."Wideacre" is a compelling story of dark fascination.

Maeve BinchyAuthor of "Quentins"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.

Val Hennessy "London Daily Mail" When it comes to writers of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory is in the very top league.

"San Jose Mercury News" The quintessential page-turner.

"Pasadena Star-News" Never has fiction portrayed such a woman as Beatrice Lacey...."Wideacre" is a compelling story of dark fascination.

Maeve Binchy Author of "Quentins" 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.

Val Hennessy London Daily Mail When it comes to writers of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory is in the very top league.

Maeve Binchy Author of Quentins 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.

San Jose Mercury News The quintessential page-turner.

Pasadena Star-News Never has fiction portrayed such a woman as Beatrice Lacey....Wideacre is a compelling story of dark fascination.

"A story of violent love and unsettling passions. It will never let you rest for a page."--Maeve Binchy

-A story of violent love and unsettling passions. It will never let you rest for a page.---Maeve Binchy

From the Back Cover:

''I would not leave Wideacre. I would not surrender my place to Harry. If it was the way of the world that girls left home and sons inherited, then the world would have to change. I would never change.''

Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the eighteenth century she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others. Sexual and wilful, she believes that the only way to achieve control over Wideacre is through a series of horrible crimes, and no-one escapes the consequences of her need to possess the land.

'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 a calculation, and it shows.'
PETER ACKROYD, 'The Times'

'For singlemindedness, tempestuousness, passion, amorality, sensuality and plain old-fashioned evil, [Beatrice Lacey] knocks Scarlett O'Hara into short cotton socks.'
EVENING STANDARD

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