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Title	:	Wideacre (Wideacre #1)
Author	:	Philippa Gregory
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 656 pages
Published	:	July 2nd 2003 by Washington Square Press (first published April 1st 1987)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance

Wideacre (Wideacre #1)

Philippa Gregory

Paperback | Pages: 656 pages

Rating: 3.31 | 20919 Users | 1772 Reviews

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory comes the stunning first novel of a thrilling trilogy about the Lacey family, and the captivating woman at the heart of a power-hungry estate willing to go to any means to protect her family name.

Beatrice Lacey, as strong-minded as she is beautiful, refuses to conform to the social customs of her time. Destined to lose her heritage and beloved Wideacre estate once she is wed, Beatrice will use any means necessary to protect her ancestral name. 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 from the "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY), 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.

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Original Title:	Wideacre
ISBN:	0743249291 (ISBN13: 9780743249294)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Wideacre #1
Characters:	Beatrice Lacey, Harry Lacey, Celia Havering, Dr John MacAndrew, Ralph Megson, Richard MacAndrew, Julia Lacey
Setting:	England,1772

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Horrible drivel! I had to scrub my brain after reading it. The lengths the heroine goes to for her beloved Wideacre would be semi-interesting if we gave a crap in the first place, but since the author can't even manage to do that well we don't give a crap and so it's a waste of our time and money!Other books by this author are far, far better. Skip it! Read 'The Other Boleyn Girl' or 'The Boleyn Inheritance'!Another one that went up on Bookmooch right away, and surprisingly was snapped right up.

I absolutely hated this book. I don't know why I finished it, except that I like the way Phillipa Gregory writes, I just don't like what she writes about. The heroine is despicable in every possible way, yet the author clearly expects you to root for her à la Scarlett O'Hara. She commits multiple acts of murder, participates in very creepy incest, and betrays people who love her. I'm not particularly squeamish, but I do require some redeeming qualities in a protagonist if I'm to forgive them all

I really wonder what Philippa Gregory was going for in this novel, because she certainly didn't give us a likable heroine in the slightest. Beatrice Lacey is one of the most horrible, nasty protagonists I've read...and honestly I enjoyed her scandalous behavior. I went into this novel knowing that she was a universally disliked character, and I think that really helped my overall enjoyment of this.I did find myself actually wishing Beatrice would get her way during parts of the novel, which

Where I got the book: my local library, because the one that was on my bookshelf disappeared years ago. Ah, Philippa Gregory. One of the most read, and most reviled, of living historical novelists. Brickbats mostly take the form of stabs at her loose writing and her historical inaccuracies, although I can't say much about the latter as I'm no historian and as long as writers get things more or less in the right era, I'm usually OK.I tend towards liking PG's books more than hating them, even

If Gone With the Wind happened in England...it might look a little like this!A ruthlessly sexy yet detestible anti-heroine captivates your attention as she will do anything to inherit her childhood plantation, including[--------SPOILER--------:]arrange the murder of her own father, murder the murderer, commit incest with her brother, strangle-hold her own sister-in-law, arrange the murder of her mother, and drive her husband to ruin.Yet with all this evil, the book's genteel language and

Oh man. Beatrice Lacy you are one crazy little bitch. Its not often that you get to read a story through the eyes of the villain, but I loved it! I know a lot of people didnt care for the book because they found the protagonist hard to stomach. Oh yeah, and the vomit inducing incest probably didnt help either. She was perhaps one of the shrewdest, most vile characters I have come across. She had no conscience and took down everything and everyone that stood in her way. Half way through the book

Im going to disagree with the majority of reviews here and say that I loved the book. I couldnt put it down so much that I had read over half of it on the first day of purchase. I really liked the style of writing, the way you felt every emotion, good or bad that Beatrice was going through. The incestuous theme seems to have caused quite a stir here but for me the lead up to it was so intense that I found myself rooting for it to happen! Yes Beatrice is evil, and yes she is certainly vile but