The second novel in the Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century
The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin’s Lover.
And we should not be boring Doctor Pearce and Celia with this farming talk.” He sat back in his chair and at a nod from me the servants cleared the plates. Doctor Pearce and Harry chose cheeses from the board, and the great silver fruit ...
I thought I could see the gates of Wideacre Hall as I had seen them on that first night, open, unguarded. Beyond them was the drive to the Hall edged with the tall beech trees and the rustling oaks. In the woods was Will, watching for ...
Dr. Pearce pulled off his other glove and slapped the pair in his hand. “I thought you would know what to do!” he said. “I thought you would stop them!” Mama made a slow gesture with one stiff hand, which took in the bare parlor, ...
A thirty year veteran clinical psychologist describes in intimate detail how being the favorite child can confer both great advantages and significant emotional handicaps.
The continuing saga of the Laceys, an 18th-century Sussex family, and the superstitious villagers who knew the legend of the favored child, who would make Wideacre grow lush again.
From the author of THE WHITE QUEEN and THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, discover Philippa Gregory’s sweeping and passionate epic, The Wideacre Trilogy
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The little fishing village was ringed on the landward side by high walls pierced by a single gate that was officially closed at sunset. Freize shouted up for the porter, who opened the shutter to stick his head out of the window and ...
The Favoured Child