But, in the Dower House nearby, two children are being raised in protected innocence. The villagers are living in poverty and formerly stunning hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. The Favoured Child – The Wideacre estate is bankrupt. Beautiful, sensual and passionate, Beatrice sets out to pursue her own goal: control over Wideacre – at any cost.Ģ. But as a woman in England in the 1770s she has no right of inheritance only a loveless arranged marriage lies ahead. Wideacre – Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. For more details, go to The Plantagenet and Tudor Books in Order.ġ. Philippa Gregory Books in Order: The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels in Chronological OrderĪ series about the two British royal houses, the history being told through the female prism. She won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists’ Association in 2002 and has seen multiple books of her been adapted for television and film. She has written novels set in several different historical periods, primarily the Tudor period and the 16th century.
On its publication, she became a full-time writer. and became an instant worldwide bestseller.
Her first novel, Wideacre, was written as she completed her Ph.D. She attended the University of Edinburgh where she earned her doctorate in 18th-century literature. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Īll of Philippa Gregory’s Books! Who is Philippa Gregory?īorn on January 9, 1954, in Nairobi, Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987.
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