beatrice Lacey, As Strong-minded As She Is Beautiful, Refuses To Conform To The Social Customs Of Her Time. Destined To Lose Her Family Name And Beloved Wideacre Estate Once She Is Wed, Beatrice Will Use Any Means Necessary To Protect Her Ancestral Heritage. Seduction, Betrayal, Even Murder Beatrice's Passion Is Without Apology Or Conscience. She Is A Lacey Of Wideacre, Her Father Warns, And Whatever She Does, However She Behaves, Will Always Be Fitting. Yet Even As Beatrice's Scheming Seems About To Yield Her Dream, She Is Haunted By The One Living Person Who Knows The Extent Of Her Plans...and Her Capacity For Evil.
Sumptuously Set In Georgian England, Wideacre Is Intensely Gripping, Rich In Texture, And Full Of Color And Authenticity. It Is A Saga As Irresistible In Its Singular Magic As Its Heroine.
publishers Weekly
gregory's Full-blown First Novel Is A Marvelously Assured Period Piece, An English Gothic With Narrative Verve. Beatrice Lacey Loves Nothing More Than The Family Estate, Wideacrenot Her Bluff, Hearty Father, Her Weak Brother, Harry, Or Her Mother, Who Can't Quite Believe Mounting Evidence That Damns Her Passionate Daughter. Foiled In Her Hunger To Own The Estate By The 18th Century Laws Of Entail, Beatrice Plots Her Father's Death, Knowing She Can Twist Harry In Any Direction She Chooses, For Her Brother Harbors A Dark, Perverted Secret. Their Incestuous Tangle Is Not Broken Even By Harry's Marriage. And While A Bounteous Harvest Multiplies, No One Gainsays The Young Squire And His Sister, The True Master Of Wideacre. Beatrice Marries Also, Managing To Hide The Paternity Of Two Children Sired By Harry Until Her Increasing Greed Squeezes The Land And Its People Dry, And The Seeds Of Destruction She Has Sown Come To Their Awful Fruition. Gregory Effortlessly Breathes Color And Life Into A Tale Of Obsession Built Around A Ruthless, Fascinating Woman. Doubleday Book Club Main Selection; Literary Guild Alternate; Major Ad/promo. (february)
Categories:
- Romance
- Historical
Publisher : Washington Square Press
Author : Gregory, Philippa
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2003-07-02
Number Of Pages : 688
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0743249291
ISBN-13 : 9780743249294
Item weight : 1.1 lb
Dimensions : 1.5 in x 5.2 in x 8 in
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