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Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Trade; New edition edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0006514634
ISBN-13: 978-0006514633
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 4 cm
Shipping Weight: 422 g

Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want.But Dandy, beautiful, impatient, thieving Dandy, grabs too much, too quickly. And Meridon finds herself alone, riding in bitter grief through the rich Sussex farmlands towards a house called Wideacre – which awaits the return of the last of the Laceys.Sweeping, passionate, unique: MERIDON completes Philippa Gregory’s bestselling trilogy which began with WIDEACRE and continued in THE FAVOURED CHILD.

About the Author

Philippa Gregory is a rare type of novelist. Her writing is pacy, compelling and passionate, and she enjoys outstanding success in the field of popular historical fiction, with such bestsellers as 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and 'The Queen's Fool'.

Her book 'A Respectable Trade', set in 18th-century Bristol, is a haunting novel of slave trading and its terrible human cost, of forbidden love and betrayal. She adapted it for a highly acclaimed BBC television production.

'The Other Boleyn Girl' was recently adapted for the BBC in a revolutionary new method of filming historical drama. It received widespread attention, to such an extent that more are planned.

Philippa Gregory holds a doctorate from Edinburgh University for her research into 18th-century literature. Her knowledge of and enthusiasm for this period led her to write the bestselling Lacey trilogy - 'Wideacre', 'The Favoured Child' and 'Meridon'.

This was followed by 'The Wise Woman', a dazzling, disturbing novel of dark powers and desires set against the rich tapestry of the Reformation.

Philippa makes regular contributions to newspapers and magazines, with short stories, features and reviews. A frequent broadcaster, Philippa is a team captain on 'The Heritage Quiz' for BBC Radio 4 and is the Tudor expert for Channel 4's 'Time Team'.

* * *Born in Kenya in 1954, Philippa moved to England with her family and was educated in Bristol and at the National Council for the Training of Journalists course in Cardiff. She worked as a senior reporter on the Portsmouth News, and as a journalist and producer for BBC radio.

Philippa Gregory obtained a BA degree in history at the University of Sussex in Brighton and a PhD at Edinburgh University. She has taught at the University of Durham, the Open University and Teeside Polytechnic, and in 1994 was made a Fellow of Kingston University. Now a full-time writer, she lives with her family in the North of England.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Meridon, April 24 2009

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This review is from: Meridon (Paperback)

This book is awesome; however, it feels a bit repetitive. Sometimes you just want to hit the main character in the head for the way she acts. The delivery service was great and fast.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A spellbinding trilogy of characters I didn't like, Jun 8 2004

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This review is from: Meridon (Hardcover)

I have mixed feelings about the entire trilogy of books, although I enjoyed "Meridon" the most. It is a wonderfully written book, full of vivid imagery and well fleshed-out characters, and the estate of Wideacre is a living, breathing place. My biggest complaint is that I just didn't LIKE many of the characters, especially the main protagonists. With the exception of James Fortescue and Will Tyacke, Philippa Gregory paints an ugly picture of people and all their foibles. I often found myself disgusted with everyone, and there were many times when I would have quit reading if the writing itself weren't so darned GOOD. Despite my feelings about the people, though, I would probably recommend "Meridon" and its predecessors, "Wideacre" and "The Favored Child," as good pieces of literature.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, Mar 21 2004

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Although I did not read the first two books in the Lacey trilogy, I had high hopes for "Meridon", as I thought Gregory's storytelling in "The Queen's Fool" is excellent. But "Meridon" is a great disappointment. The story starts out with a very interesting premise - with Meridon as a traveling Rom, or gypsy. However, her dreams of "Wide" are not flushed out completely - they don't really have a coherent place. The book starts going downhill immediately after 'the accident,' (I don't want to give too much of the story away). But after that, it seems to me that Gregory makes events happen just just for the sake of them happening without really flushing out the reasons why. Meridon jumps from being Meridon to being Sarah in too short a time, Wideacre accepts Meridon as Sarah too quickly. The ending is even more indicative of this disjointed piecing together of events - I didn't really get a sense of Meridon's growth as a character. I was extremely disappointed with this book, but because I did really enjoy "The Queen's Fool," I will give Gregory another chance and read "The Other Boleyn Girl."

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Published on Mar 21 2004