Meridon - Hardcover

Gregory, Philippa

3.75

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670831646 ISBN 13: 9780670831647

Publisher: Viking, 1990

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A book that completes the famous Wideacre trilogy, though it also stands on its own as an historical novel. When the book opens, it is 1805 and the heroine Meridon feels she does not belong among the travelling people with whom she has been brought up.

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Review:

Praise for ‘Meridon’:

‘Compelling... Philippa Gregory reigns supreme as the mistress of historical drama.’
Today

‘Subtle and exciting.’
Daily Express

Praise for ‘The Favoured Child’:

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

About the Author:

PHILIPPA GREGORY is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists. She wrote her first novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature. Wideacre was sold worldwide and heralded as a literary sensation on publication. The novel is the first in a trilogy, succeeded by The Favoured Child and Meridon.

The release of Wideacre launched Philippa Gregory as a new interpreter of historical fiction, one focused on women as active agents in a historical period. The bestselling Tudor Court and Cousins’ War novels display her unrivalled talent in discovering the hidden stories, especially of women, in familiar history, skilfully combining period biographical research, psychological truth and fictional detail.

In 2016, Philippa was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association. She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent. She holds an honorary degree from Teesside University, and is a fellow of the universities of Sussex and Cardiff. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire and welcomes visitors to her site www.PhilippaGregory.com.

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