Book description
The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive
drama set in the eighteenth century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of
The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover.
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.
Sweeping, passionate, unique: 'The Favoured Child' is the second novel
in Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with 'Wideacre'
and concluded with 'Meridon'. Praise for 'The Favoured Child':
'For sheer pace and percussive drama it will take a lot of beating.'
Sunday Times
Praise for 'Wideacre':
'This is a story of violent love and unsettling passions. It will never
let you rest for a page as you wait for the climax that must come for
the people and the land.'
Maeve Binchy
'Amid all the social upheaval strides Beatrice Lacey, who, for
singlemindedness, tempestuousness, passion, amorality, sensuality and
plain old-fashioned evil, knocks Scarlet O'Hara into short cotton socks.'
Evening Standard Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned
author of historical novels. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century
literature from the University of Edinburgh. Works that have been
adapted for television include A Respectable Trade, The Other Boleyn
Girl and The Queen's Fool. The Other Boleyn Girl became a major film,
starring Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. Philippa
Gregory lives in the North of England with her family.
