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A haunting story of a woman’s desire in a time of turbulence. Alys joins the nunnery to escape hardship and poverty but finds herself thrown back into the outside world when Henry VIII’s wreckers destroy her sanctuary. With nothing to support her but her looks, her magic and her own instinctive cunning, Alys has to tread a perilous path between the faith of her childhood and her own female power. When she falls in love with Hugo, the feudal lord and another woman’s husband, she dips into witchcraft to defeat her rival and to win her lover, but finds – as her cynical old foster-mother had advised – that magic makes a poor servant but a dominant master. Since heresy against the new church means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, Alys’s danger is mortal. A woman’s powers are no longer safe to use…


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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5.0étoiles sur 5 Page turner every step of the way, Aoû 9 2005
Par Chandra (Kansas City) - Voir tous mes commentaires
While this book is not like her other historical fictions, it is still one of the best books I have read in a long time. I loved it so much I bought one for my Mom, Aunt and best friend, all of them also loved it. This book is a little twisted, but in a very real way. You can completely relate with the main character as she makes one bad decision after another that leads her down a trail of witchcraft, seduction, betrayal and deciept... The historical information is there but more importantly and more outstanding is the fantastic tale that is woven from the day a little girl takes her first steps alone all the way to the final leap as she realizes what is truely important... I don't understand why those other two reviews were so bad. If you like Anne Rice or Wilbur Smith's writing you'll love this. All the great story writing of both without the overly boring descriptives that can drag on in Rice's work or the lack there of in Smith's.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Not appropriate content for a young teen., Juil 30 2009
This review is from: The Wise Woman: A Novel (Paperback)
The main character is 16 years old but don't let that fool you. Half way through the book you come to realize this book is not what you thought it was and totally inappropriate for a young teen (although many of today's teens would not be shocked or surprised by the content). All that being said, I did enjoy reading it for the smut that it is. Don't expect to be wowed by inspirational passages and deep characters. It's just a quick read with a little bit of graphic sex thrown in.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Unpleasant and disappointing, Mai 25 2009
Par P. Cousins (Windsor, Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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After reading all of Philippa Gregory's Tudor novels and becoming addicted to her stories and her style, I expected to enjoy The Wise Woman. I started the book wanting to like the main character and kept reading in the hope that she would come to some type of redemption - alright, I guess you could make a point of saying that the very end of the book was a redemption of sorts, but what an unsatisfactory one! So much could have been done with this character. What I discovered was a book that became increasingly difficult to read. There are aspects of this book that are just downright nasty. There are times when Gregory seems to be pushing things to see just how much she can "gross out" her readers with details that are just unnecessary. With intrigue, history, religion, superstition, and sex, this book could have been an beguilingly good read. I did finish it but was quite happy to be done, an experience unlike that with other Gregory novels. Hugely disappointing and definitely not recommended.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 not one of her best
This book was hard to read for a few differnt reasons ,it was hard to believe at points , was really gross at times,the story at times is so over the top. Read more
Publié il y a 6 mois par v. rubin

1.0étoiles sur 5 Absurd
I sum up my opinion of this book simply: had this been the first Phillipa Gregory book that I had read, I would have never gone on to read "The Queen's Fool" or "The Other Boleyn... Read more
Publié le Janv. 16 2005

5.0étoiles sur 5 horror in the middle ages
Wise Woman is a brilliant,wickedly honest addition to the midieval genre. After reading this I had to read all of Philippa Gregory's novels. Read more
Publié le Avril 6 2004 par Philip Bewley

1.0étoiles sur 5 Awful
A friend told me Gregory's work was good historical fiction but it is not!

This is just a Jackie Collins novel set in medieval England. Read more

Publié le Janv. 8 2004

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