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Wise Woman, The
by Gregory, Philippa
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair to Good/Not Applicable
- ISBN 10
- 0140167811
- ISBN 13
- 9780140167818
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London, England: Penguin Books, 1993. Book. Fair to Good. Small Paperback. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Small paperback, reprint, 362gms, 626 pages. A disturbing novel of passion and betrayal in tudor England. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise there are no other pre-loved markings..
Synopsis
In this book, originally published after her bestselling debut with the Wideacre trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory takes readers to Henry VIII's England, on a journey to the outer reaches of passion, where magic and female power meet. Alys joins a nunnery to escape the poverty of her life on the moor with her foster mother, Morach, the local wise woman with whom she lives as an outcast, but she soon finds herself thrown back into the world when Henry VIII's wreckers destroy her sanctuary. Summoned to the castle as the old lord's scribe, she falls obsessively in love with his son Hugo, who is married to Catherine. Driven to desperation by her desire, she summons the most dangerous powers Morach has taught her, but soon the passionate triangle of Alys, Hugo, and Catherine begins to explode, launching them into uncharted sexual waters. The magic Alys has conjured now has a life of its own -- a life that is horrifyingly and disastrously out of control. Is she a witch? Since heresy means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, Alys is in mortal danger, treading a perilous path between her faith and her own female power.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HISFIC9616
- Title
- Wise Woman, The
- Author
- Gregory, Philippa
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Applicable
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140167811
- ISBN 13
- 9780140167818
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- PHILIPPA GREGORY, HISTORICAL FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction; Historical Fiction;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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