This is the reissue of Philippa Gregory's disturbing novel of passion and betrayal in ... more
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 b...
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Alys joins the nunnery to escape hardship and poverty but finds herself thrown back into ... more
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.
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Advantages: Detailed, engaging and enthralling Disadvantages: None - loved it !
This was the second PhilippaGregory book a read and also the second historical novel. I went out and bought it immediately after reading "The Other Boleyn Girl".
~~~~~The Plot
This book is set in the period of the boy King Edward who at only 15 was in poor health and known to be dying. Robert Dudley meets a young girl dressed as a boy working in her fathers shop. Hannah and her father have escaped the Inquisition and are hiding on London. Hannah has a vision of an angel standing behind Robert and so he takes her to be a Holy Fool at court. However, as King Edward's health fails further, Hannah is sent to be companion to Princess Mary, but with orders to spy upon her and report back to court.
Princess Mary is no fool and once she ascends to the throne following Edward's death, Hannah is sent to be companion to young ...
to inherit the land she loves so much, then at the very least to maintain a very strong hand on the reigns and a chance to pass it on to her own children. Without giving away too much of the plot, you can expect a lot of drama, the odd murder, some shocking moments, and some truly heartfelt moments too.
From being the much loved daughter of a squire and a thoroughly lovable young lady, Beatrice turns into a manipulative, conniving young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Strangely, I found myself not losing sympathy for her, as, underpinning everything she does, is a genuine love for her children and for the land she has always called home. That said, however much sympathy I had for her, she wasn't a very likeable character after the first few chapters.
Like many of Gregory's novels, this story, although fiction ...
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EAN
9780006514640
Type
Fiction
Genre
Modern Fiction
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Title
The Wise Woman
Author
Philippa Gregory
ISBN
0006514642
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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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