The Favoured Child

The Favoured Child by Philippa Gregory
ISBN: 9780006514626
Release Date: 03 Dec 2001
Average rating:   (read by 32 members)

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Categories: Modern fiction , Sagas

Reissue of the second novel in the Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir.

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Rated it   8 months ago
This is the mesmerising sequel to Wideacre. The Wideacre trilogy is the most incredible set of books I have come across and if you enjoy books like The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory)and Fingersmith (Sarah Waters) then this is a must read.

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Rated it   9 months ago
I preferred this, the second in the "Wideacre" trilogy,probably because even the most evil of the characters was not so much to the forefront all the time, as Beatrice was in "Wideacre". I felt that "The Favoured Child" was a more balanced book, which...

meesha
Rated it   10 months ago
A fantastic sequel to Wideacre. Not what I was expecting - I was expecting a direct copy almost of Wideacre. It has some of the similar themes in it, but not until about 200 pages towards the end. The rest of the book is brand new. Really looking...

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