Is she a witch? Since heresy means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, Alys is in mortal danger, treading a perilous path between her faith and her own female power. £14.99 - Corners and top and bottom of spine losing colour, lightly scuffed. Throughout the story, Margaret demonstrates a great capacity for empathy. The magic Alys has conjured now has a life of its own - a life that is horrifyingly and disastrously out of control. : The Wise Woman: States: The Wise Woman, is Philippa Gregorys most dazzling and disturbing novel yet - Hand Signed to the first blank end page: Best wishes, Philippa Gregory - The original dustjacket accompanies this book. Be Compassionate: The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory shows us the power of compassion. Driven to desperation by her desire, she summons the most dangerous powers Morach has taught her, but soon the passionate triangle of Alys, Hugo, and Catherine begins to explode, launching them into uncharted sexual waters. Summoned to the castle as the old lord's scribe, she falls obsessively in love with his son Hugo, who is married to Catherine.

In this book, originally published after her bestselling debut with the Wideacre trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory takes readers to Henry VIII's England, on a journey to the outer reaches of passion, where magic and female power meet.Īlys joins a nunnery to escape the poverty of her life on the moor with her foster mother, Morach, the local wise woman with whom she lives as an outcast, but she soon finds herself thrown back into the world when Henry VIII's wreckers destroy her sanctuary.

The wise woman by philippa gregory