The Wise Woman Paperback - 2008
by Philippa Gregory
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- very good
- Paperback
The bestselling author of "Wideacre, Meridon," and "The Favored Child" masterfully blends history, romance, and the occult in a spellbinding new novel.
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Details
- Title The Wise Woman
- Author Philippa Gregory
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2008
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1416590889I4N10
- ISBN 9781416590880 / 1416590889
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.86 x 1.15 in (20.17 x 14.88 x 2.92 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Witches
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
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.
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.
First line
In my dream I smelled the dark sulphurous stink of a passing witch and I pulled up the coarse blanket over my head and whispered, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us" to shield me from my nightmare of terror.
