Wideacre

Philippa Gregory

ISBN 10: 0671634623 / ISBN 13: 9780671634629

Published by Simon & Schuster February 1987, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wideacre
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster February 1987
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671634623
• ISBN 13: 9780671634629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Used
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed By Author
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Synopsis

As an eighteenth-century Englishwoman without property rights, Beatrice is destined to lose what she loves most--her family's ancestral estate, Wideacre--unless her ambitious schemes succeed

Reviews

Gregory's full-blown first novel is a marvelously assured period piece, an English gothic with narrative verve. Beatrice Lacey loves nothing more than the family estate, Wideacrenot her bluff, hearty father, her weak brother, Harry, or her mother, who can't quite believe mounting evidence that damns her passionate daughter. Foiled in her hunger to own the estate by the 18th century laws of entail, Beatrice plots her father's death, knowing she can twist Harry in any direction she chooses, for her brother harbors a dark, perverted secret. Their incestuous tangle is not broken even by Harry's marriage. And while a bounteous harvest multiplies, no one gainsays the young squire and his sister, the true master of Wideacre. Beatrice marries also, managing to hide the paternity of two children sired by Harry until her increasing greed squeezes the land and its people dry, and the seeds of destruction she has sown come to their awful fruition. Gregory effortlessly breathes color and life into a tale of obsession built around a ruthless, fascinating woman. Doubleday Book Club main selection; Literary Guild alternate; major ad/promo.
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