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The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory

ISBN: 9780006514640
Release Date: 04 Feb 2002
Average rating: (read by 31 members)

Categories: Historical fiction

Reissue of Philippa Gregory's disturbing novel of passion and betrayal in Tudor England. 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!

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	FlirtyKitty Full Review
	Rated it 2 months ago

It took me a while to finish this book which tells me all I need to know about how much I enjoyed it. In parts it was gripping but in others it was repetative and unnecessary. I also had a slight problem with the main character Alys. She is selfish and...

	candc320
	Rated it 7 months ago

I loved this book! It was so dark and sexy, I was shocked at some of the scenes but could not put it down. If you want a guilty read that is still literary and well written, read this book!

	diane2
	Rated it 7 months ago

I enjoyed this but did find it a bit long and drawn out in parts. I loved the historical side which is why I always love to read Philippa Gregory's work.

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