Wideacre /
Gregory, Philippa,
Wideacre / Philippa Gregory, with a new preface by the author. - Atria paperback edition. 30th anniversary edition. - xiii, 648 pages, 23 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm - The Wideacre trilogy ; 1 .
Includes new preface written in 2017. Includes Reader's guide containing discussion questions and a conversation with Philippa Gregory.
From the Publisher: Beatrice Lacey, as strong-minded as she is beautiful, refuses to conform to the social customs of her time. Destined to lose her family name and beloved Wideacre estate once she is wed, Beatrice will use any means necessary to protect her ancestral heritage. Seduction, betrayal, even murder-Beatrice's passion is without apology or conscience. "She is a Lacey of Wideacre," her father warns, "and whatever she does, however she behaves, will always be fitting." Yet even as Beatrice's scheming seems about to yield her dream, she is haunted by the one living person who knows the extent of her plans-and her capacity for evil. Sumptuously set in Georgian England, Wideacre is intensely gripping, rich in texture, and full of color and authenticity. It is a saga as irresistible in its singular magic as its heroine.
9780743249294 0743249291
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Administration of estates--Fiction.
Country homes--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Sussex (England)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Wideacre / Philippa Gregory, with a new preface by the author. - Atria paperback edition. 30th anniversary edition. - xiii, 648 pages, 23 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm - The Wideacre trilogy ; 1 .
Includes new preface written in 2017. Includes Reader's guide containing discussion questions and a conversation with Philippa Gregory.
From the Publisher: Beatrice Lacey, as strong-minded as she is beautiful, refuses to conform to the social customs of her time. Destined to lose her family name and beloved Wideacre estate once she is wed, Beatrice will use any means necessary to protect her ancestral heritage. Seduction, betrayal, even murder-Beatrice's passion is without apology or conscience. "She is a Lacey of Wideacre," her father warns, "and whatever she does, however she behaves, will always be fitting." Yet even as Beatrice's scheming seems about to yield her dream, she is haunted by the one living person who knows the extent of her plans-and her capacity for evil. Sumptuously set in Georgian England, Wideacre is intensely gripping, rich in texture, and full of color and authenticity. It is a saga as irresistible in its singular magic as its heroine.
9780743249294 0743249291
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Administration of estates--Fiction.
Country homes--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Sussex (England)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.