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Meridon (Paperback)

by Philippa Gregory (Author) "I don't belong here," I said to myself, before I even opened my eyes ..." (more)

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Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: Penguin Canada (APB); New edition edition (April 2 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140130756
ISBN-13: 978-0140130751
Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.9 x 4.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 318 g

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

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #260,433 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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With this elaborate tapestry of a young woman's life, the Lacey family trilogy ( Wideacre and The Favored Child ) comes to a satisfying conclusion. Meridon is the lost child whose legacy is the estate of Wideacre. She and her very different sister, Dandy, were abandoned as infants and raised in a gypsy encampment, learning horsetrading and other tricks of survival. They are indentured to a circus master whose traveling show is made successful by Meridon's equestrian flair and Dandy's seductive beauty on the trapeze. Meridon's escape from this world is fueled by pregnant Dandy's murder and her own obsessive dream of her ancestral home. After claiming Wideacre, Meridon succumbs for a while to the temptation of the "quality" social scene, but eventually she comes to her senses, and, in a tricky card game near the end of the saga, triumphs fully. The hard-won homecoming in this historical novel is richly developed and impassioned. Doubleday Book Club alternate.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Completing the Wideacre trilogy, this book opens in 1905 with Meridon feeling she does not belong among the travelling people. Despite her affection for her sister, Dandy, she joins a travelling circus troupe. However when Dandy dies the call from somewhere rings loud and clear.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Meridon, April 24 2009

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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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