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| Original Title: | The Wise Woman |
| ISBN: | 0006514642 (ISBN13: 9780006514640) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Philippa Gregory
Paperback | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.32 | 8229 Users | 681 Reviews
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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. Synopsis from Barnes & Noble.
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| Title | : | The Wise Woman |
| Author | : | Philippa Gregory |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published 1992) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. European Literature. British Literature. Fantasy. English History. Tudor Period |
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Ratings: 3.32 From 8229 Users | 681 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books The Wise Woman
I'm a huge Philippa Gregory fan, so I don't know how the same author wrote this as wrote The Other Boleyn Girl and all those other excellent historical romances. This book really sucked! If I hadn't been out of town and away from a library, and if I'd brought anything else with me to read, I wouldn't have even finished it! And I'm a real stickler for finishing books, even bad ones, so that says it all right there. This book was really awful.This historical fiction begins in 1540 and follows the tragic life of seventeen-year-old Alys, a young peasant girl in Tudor England. Alys grew up on the moor with a harsh foster-mother called Morach, the local wise woman. But turning her back on superstition and the pagan arts, Alys decides to join a nunnery. For a time she finds contentment in this orderly sanctuary. She enjoys the rigid structure, comparative luxury, and safety afforded to the Holy Sisters.But Alys happiness is short lived.
Dark, erotic and beautifully crafted.
I loved this book. I know it gets a lot of hate and I understand why people do hate it but I love it anyway. This was very different than Gregory's other books, it was dark with unlikeable characters, but I ate it up like a guilty pleasure.
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Through much struggle and perserverance I finished this book but wow what a ridiculous story line. I kept waiting for it to all fit together and become a remarkable book (much like Gregory's other novels). It was just so far fetched that it made it completely silly - not to mention the story written to a little over 500 pages could have been told that in have the pages.What a waste of trees!I will read Gregory again but this was a shocker of a disappointment - I wonder how she
This book was awful. I usually like to get through books, but there really is nothing positive to say about this, so I just gave up. I've heard that she is a good author, so maybe I will try a different one, but at this point, I'm in no rush to do that either.
This historical fiction begins in 1540 and follows the tragic life of seventeen-year-old Alys, a young peasant girl in Tudor England. Alys grew up on the moor with a harsh foster-mother called Morach, the local wise woman. But turning her back on superstition and the pagan arts, Alys decides to join a nunnery. For a time she finds contentment in this orderly sanctuary. She enjoys the rigid structure, comparative luxury, and safety afforded to the Holy Sisters.But Alys happiness is short lived.
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