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Wideacre

Cette saga plonge au cœur de la campagne anglaise, suivant une femme déterminée du XVIIIe siècle qui défie les normes sociétales pour revendiquer son domaine ancestral. Poussée par la passion et l'ambition, elle recherche le contrôle absolu sur la terre qu'elle chérit, quel qu'en soit le prix. La série explore les thèmes de l'obsession, de l'héritage et des sombres conséquences du pouvoir. Elle tisse avec brio une histoire de secrets de famille et de la lutte acharnée d'une femme contre les conventions.

Meridon
The favoured child
Wideacre

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    Wideacre

    • 624pages
    • 22 heures de lecture
    3,4(23060)Évaluer

    Pre-order BOLEYN TRAITOR now - Philippa Gregory's landmark return to the Tudor court, coming Autumn 2025 ... Philippa Gregory's first novel and first in the bestselling Wideacre trilogy. A compelling tale of passion and intrigue set in the eighteenth century. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the eighteenth century she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others. Sexual and wilful, she believes that the only way to achieve control over Wideacre is through a series of horrible crimes, and no-one escapes the consequences of her need to possess the land.

    Wideacre
  2. 2

    The favoured child

    • 540pages
    • 19 heures de lecture
    3,7(11235)Évaluer

    A sequel to the bestselling "Wideacre", this thriller features the Lacey family who, now that Wideacre Hall is a derelict, burned-out shell, live an austere life in an adjacent house where Julia and sadistic Richard, Beatrice's incestuous children are brought up by their aunt.

    The favoured child
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    Meridon

    • 576pages
    • 21 heures de lecture
    3,7(10475)Évaluer

    The third volume in the Wideacre trilogy, this story features Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, who is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister, Dandy, risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want.

    Meridon