Wideacre (The Wideacre Trilogy, Book 1) - Tapa dura

Praise for Philippa Gregory:

‘The eighteenth-century woman is a neglected creature but, in the figure of her heroine, Philippa Gregory has defined a certain kind of wildness...This is a novel written from instinct, not out of calculation, and it shows’ Peter Ackroyd, The Times

‘For sheer pace and percussive drama it will take a lot of beating’ Sunday Times

‘Gregory's research is impeccable which makes her imaginative fiction all the more convincing’ Daily Mail

‘A story of violent love and unsettling passions. It will never let you rest for a page as you wait for the climax that must come for the people and the land’ Maeve Binchy

‘Subtle and exciting’ Daily Express

Beatrice Lacey, daughter of Wideacre Hall, will not accept society’s rules that women cannot inherit...The internationally bestselling debut from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and Three Sisters, Three Queens.

Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. Built from yellow stone, facing due south and surrounded by the rich woodlands and rolling downs of Sussex, it has been in her family for generations. But as a woman in England in the 1770s she has no right of inheritance; only a loveless arranged marriage lies ahead. Beautiful, sensual and passionate, Beatrice sets out to pursue her own goal: control over Wideacre – at any cost.

Yet even as her scheming succeeds, Beatrice is haunted by the one person alive who fully understands her obsession and knows her capacity to let nothing – and no-one – stand in her way.

The 30th anniversary edition, with new foreword by the author.