The Favoured Child
by Philippa Gregory | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780007230020 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780007230020 Global Overview for this book
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"The Wideacre estate is bankrupt. The villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin.
But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claiments to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry.
Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir.
Sensual, gripping, sometimes mystical, The Favoured Child sweeps the reader irresistibly into the 1790s and a revolutionary period in English history. This rich and dramatic novel continues the saga of the Lacey family started in Philippa Gregory's bestselling first novel, Wideacre."
But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claiments to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry.
Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir.
Sensual, gripping, sometimes mystical, The Favoured Child sweeps the reader irresistibly into the 1790s and a revolutionary period in English history. This rich and dramatic novel continues the saga of the Lacey family started in Philippa Gregory's bestselling first novel, Wideacre."
Reserved for my NSSBSSS partner.
Hope you like it!
Hope you like it!
Journal Entry 3 by JudeK from Scarborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 2, 2008
A second book from my fab NSS partner. Thanks again.
