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    <body><![CDATA[Horrible drivel!  I had to scrub my brain after reading it.  The lengths the heroine goes to for her beloved Wideacre would be semi-interesting if we gave a crap in the first place, but since the author can't even manage to do that well we don't give a crap and so it's a waste of our time and money!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14381208">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though it is at times grossly sexual (and I mean gross as in disgusting), the Wideacre trilogy is one of my favorite stories of all time. For me, it really captures the essence of the era, and I loved it so much that I read the entire trilogy (easily 1,500 pages) in about two weeks. If you're n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4145927">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the first half of this book. Beatrice Lacey is by far the most horrible, hateful, despicable narrator I've ever read, but I found myself rooting for her throughout all her scandalous deeds- the conspired murder, the attempted murder, the committed murder, the incest, the hidden pregnancies, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7036982">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Beatrice Lacey, as strong-minded as she is beautiful, refuses to conform to the social customs of her time. Destined to lose her family name and beloved Wideacre estate once she is wed, Beatrice will use any means necessary to protect her ancestral heritage. Seduction, betrayal, even murder -- Beatrice's passion is without apology or conscience. &quot;She is a Lacey of Wideacre,&quot; her father warns, &quot;and whatever she does, however she behaves, will always be fitting.&quot; Yet even as Beatrice's scheming seems about to yield her dream, she is haunted by the one living person who knows the extent of her plans...and her capacity for evil.<p>Sumptuously set in Georgian England, Wideacre is intensely gripping, rich in texture, and full of color and authenticity. It is a saga as irresistible in its singular magic as its heroine.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beatrice is one of my favorite characters of all times.  She is confident, self-assured, unyielding, and maybe one of the biggest bitches in literature.  With all the books out there that negate women's power and authority (uh hm...TWILIGHT), Gregory knows how to create a character that uses her str...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/660414">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely hated this book.  I don't know why I finished it, except that I like the way Phillipa Gregory writes, I just don't like what she writes about.  The heroine is despicable in every possible way, yet the author clearly expects you to root for her a la Scarlett O'Hara.  She commits multiple...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5534018">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never read a book where I detested the protagonist more than I did in this one. I have read other of Phillipa Gregory's books and always liked the main character but this one is a dozzy. She is selfish, she betrays almost everyone in her life all in the need to own the house and property wher...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1686526">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though I loved The Other Boleyn Girl by P. Gregory, I did not enjoy this one. The main character was a complete witch and didn't deserve any sympathy. I only kept reading it so that she would get her cumupins, which she rightly deserved. There was one particular aspect of the book that made my skin ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4486996">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book I read by Phillipa Gregorey.  They are on the scale of &quot;epic novels&quot; almost - really well researched,which I love about it; good plot and character development; and gratuitous sex.  Can't go wrong with any of those three characteristics!  The first one I read was Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48824283">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a while to give something &quot;non-tudor&quot; a try, but I found I really enjoyed this book.  I found some parts quite disturbing and the whole premise is a bit hard to swallow, but this remains my favorite novel by Philippa Gregory and of the wideacre trilogy.  It's a good entertaining...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18405.Gone_With_The_Wind" title="Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell">Gone With the Wind</a> happened in England...it might look a little like this!<br/><br/>A ruthlessly sexy yet detestible anti-heroine captivates your attention as she will do anything to inherit her childhood plantation, including<br/><br/><br/>[--------SPOILER--------:]<br/><br/><br/>arrange...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26671558">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I’m going to disagree with the majority of reviews here and say that I loved the book. I couldn’t put it down so much that I had read over half of it on the first day of purchase. I really liked the style of writing, the way you felt every emotion, good or bad that Beatrice was going through. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23586100">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wowee! What a sociopath the main character in this story is! Beatrice Lacey at fifteen knows she never wants to leave her beloved home at Wideacre. If this means parricide, murder and incest so be it. All I can say is Gregory has written yet another very interesting tale. While you find yourself unc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38096873">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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