Fairmile Series By Philippa Gregory 3 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

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The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands – the marshy landscape of the south coast.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlinor, a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run, and shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marsh, not knowing that she is leading disaster into the heart of her life.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuspected of possessing dark secrets in superstitious times, Alinor’s ambition and determination mark her out from her neighbours. 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She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come with the news that Alinor’s son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the lagoon. But is this true or could this woman be an imposter . . . ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawnlands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all . . .\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNed Ferryman, inspired by news of a rebellion against the Stuart kings, returns from America with his Pokanoket servant to join the uprising against roman catholic, King James. As Ned swears loyalty to the charismatic Duke of Monmouth, he discovers a new and unexpected love.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile, Queen Mary summons her friend Livia to a terrified court. Recklessly, Livia drags her son Matthew and his foster mothers Alinor and Alys into a plot to save the queen from Monmouth’s invasion, and Matthew is rewarded with the Manor of Foulmire: on the tidelands where Ned, Alinor and Alys had once scraped a poor living.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuddenly, Alinor is lady of the manor, as Ned marches into the last battle between the royalists and commoners, hoping for a new dawn for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e","published_at":"2023-06-29T09:25:38+01:00","created_at":"2023-06-26T16:59:40+01:00","vendor":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","type":"Fiction","tags":["Author_Philippa Gregory","Boxing Day","Genre_Historical Fiction"],"price":1749,"price_min":1749,"price_max":1749,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2797,"compare_at_price_min":2797,"compare_at_price_max":2797,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42577201758387,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"B2D5258","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Fairmile Series By Philippa Gregory 3 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1749,"weight":1100,"compare_at_price":2797,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9785444965412","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/B2D5258.jpg?v=1687856044"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/B2D5258.jpg?v=1687856044","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Fairmile Series By Philippa Gregory 3 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Simon \u0026 Schuster","id":25663272124595,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.679,"height":2048,"width":1390,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/B2D5258.jpg?v=1687856044"},"aspect_ratio":0.679,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/B2D5258.jpg?v=1687856044","width":1390}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in this set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tidelands\u003cbr\u003e2. Dark Tides\u003cbr\u003e3. Dawnlands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTidelands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngland 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . .\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMidsummer’s Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands – the marshy landscape of the south coast.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlinor, a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run, and shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marsh, not knowing that she is leading disaster into the heart of her life.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuspected of possessing dark secrets in superstitious times, Alinor’s ambition and determination mark her out from her neighbours. This is the time of witch-mania, and Alinor, a woman without a husband, skilled with herbs, suddenly enriched, arouses envy in her rivals and fear among the villagers, who are ready to take lethal action into their own hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDark Tides\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wealthy man waits outside a poor London warehouse to meet with Alinor, the woman he failed twenty-one years before. He has everything to offer: money, land, status. He believes she has the only thing he cannot buy: his son and heir.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile in New England, Alinor’s brother Ned cannot find justice in the New World, as the King’s revenge stretches across the Atlantic and turns the pioneers against each other and against the American Indians.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThen, a beautiful widow, Livia, arrives from Venice. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come with the news that Alinor’s son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the lagoon. But is this true or could this woman be an imposter . . . ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawnlands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all . . .\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNed Ferryman, inspired by news of a rebellion against the Stuart kings, returns from America with his Pokanoket servant to join the uprising against roman catholic, King James. As Ned swears loyalty to the charismatic Duke of Monmouth, he discovers a new and unexpected love.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile, Queen Mary summons her friend Livia to a terrified court. Recklessly, Livia drags her son Matthew and his foster mothers Alinor and Alys into a plot to save the queen from Monmouth’s invasion, and Matthew is rewarded with the Manor of Foulmire: on the tidelands where Ned, Alinor and Alys had once scraped a poor living.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuddenly, Alinor is lady of the manor, as Ned marches into the last battle between the royalists and commoners, hoping for a new dawn for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e"}