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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006514640
ISBN: 0006514642
Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: February 04, 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Sales Rank: 579820
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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This is the reissue of Philippa Gregory's disturbing novel of passion and betrayal in Tudor, England. This is a haunting story of a woman's desire in a time of turbulence. Alys joins the nunnery to escape hardship and poverty but finds herself thrown back into the outside world when Henry VIII's wreckers destroy her sanctuary. With nothing to support her but her looks, her magic and her own instinctive cunning, Alys has to tread a perilous path between the faith of her childhood and her own female power. When she falls in love with Hugo, the feudal lord and another woman's husband, she dips into witchcraft to defeat her rival and to win her lover, but finds - as her cynical old foster-mother had advised - that magic makes a poor servant but a dominant master. Since heresy against the new church means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, Alys's danger is mortal. A woman's powers are no longer safe to use!
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I couldn't put this book down. I know it's one of her first books, but it's the reason why I started reading this author. I wish she would go back to this type of writing. The story was very good and held your attention. If you are a true Gregory fan, you want to read this book!
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The Wise Woman, written early in Gregory's career, is not the author's best work. Better known for gripping historical dramas, such as 'The Other Boleyn Girl', Gregory strays from historical fact in this novel, flirting rather with fantasy and the supernatural. Which is all well and good, when done well. But to be worthy of a reader's investment, any good novel requires at minimum one character who is at least marginally sympathetic. Unfortunately, such is not the case in 'The Wise Woman'. The main ... Read More
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This book was hard to put down! Very intriguing story with fascinating characters & a well researched background. It's one that I will enjoy reading again.
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I yield to no one my admiration for Philippa Gregory, but I suggest fans pass on this one. What an ugly book, full of yucko sex and unattractive people. If you want soft porn, there are better books. And that's what this one is.
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I've read several of Ms. Gregory's historical novels and enjoyed them tremendously. This was the exception. It was too fantastic even as a fantasy and I was surprised at several extremely erotic passages which could have been dealt with much less explicitly and achieved the same goal. This one was a waste of my money. The lead character was an extremely selfish child, seemingly without any moral code and I developed a serious dislike for her halfway through the book
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