The WISE WOMAN

Philippa Gregory

ISBN 10: 0671792741 / ISBN 13: 9780671792749

Published by Pocket Books, 1993

About this Item

This hardcover book is Fine, being square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. This copy is signed by the Author on the title page without inscription. November 1993. Seller Inventory # 006674

Bibliographic Details

Title: The WISE WOMAN

Publisher: Pocket Books

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible; Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

After fleeing the abbey where she was raised, Alys is taken in by a wise woman, who teaches her the ways of country healing--an education that comes in handy when Alys moves into the home of the aristocratic Sir Hugh

Review:

Praise for ‘The Wise Woman’:

‘Compulsively readable.’
Andrea Newman, Sunday Express

‘Gregory’s principal feat in this elaborate novel is the irrefutable artistry with which she lends her prose a constant sense of history...Success results from the tense, almost shocking contrast between serious issues – religious doctrine, political integrity, social dynamics – and flights of erotic fancy.’
Sunday Times

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