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Tidelands de Philippa Gregory

Tidelands

Autor Philippa Gregory
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 sep 2019

Descoperim în Tidelands o incursiune densă în genul ficțiunii istorice, pe care Philippa Gregory îl stăpânește cu o rigoare academică transformată în artă narativă. Departe de strălucirea curților regale din The Other Boleyn Girl, autoarea alege să exploreze aici periferia societății engleze din 1648. Într-o Anglie sfâșiată de Războiul Civil, unde loialitățile sunt fluide și periculoase, facem cunoștință cu Alinor, o femeie care supraviețuiește la granița fragilă dintre pământ și mare, dintre rațiune și superstiție.

Considerăm că forța acestui roman rezidă în atmosfera sa cinematică, aproape tactilă. Mlaștinile din sudul Angliei nu sunt doar un decor, ci un personaj în sine, care oglindește izolarea și vulnerabilitatea protagonistei. Spre deosebire de lucrările sale anterioare, precum The Lady of the Rivers sau The Constant Princess, unde miza era puterea politică la cel mai înalt nivel, în Tidelands miza este însăși viața unei femei obișnuite într-o epocă a „maniei vrăjitoarelor”. Ca și The Witching Tide de Margaret Meyer, romanul explorează condiția precară a femeilor vindecătoare și riscurile de a fi „altfel” într-o comunitate dominată de frică, dar se diferențiază prin ancorarea profundă în contextul politic al luptei dintre Rege și Parlament. Ritmul este unul deliberat, construind o tensiune care se acumulează odată cu suspiciunile sătenilor, oferind o perspectivă viscerală asupra modului în care istoria mare strivește destinele mici.

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ISBN-13: 9781432868741
ISBN-10: 1432868748
Dimensiuni: 145 x 218 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Editura: Gale, a Cengage Group

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută o ficțiune istorică autentică, lipsită de romantism gratuit. Veți câștiga o înțelegere profundă a vieții cotidiene din secolul al XVII-lea și a modului în care fanatismul religios și instabilitatea politică afectau femeile. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care au apreciat The Witchfinder's Sister și doresc să înceapă saga familiei Fairmile, urmărită pe parcursul mai multor generații.

Despre autor

Philippa Gregory este una dintre cele mai reputate autoare de ficțiune istorică la nivel mondial, fiind celebră pentru seria Cousins War. Cu un doctorat obținut la Universitatea din Edinburgh și o carieră academică solidă, ea aduce în literatura de larg consum o rigoare istorică remarcabilă. Specialistă în istoria femeilor, Gregory reușește să dea voce personajelor feminine uitate de cronicile oficiale. În prezent, este regent la Universitatea din Edinburgh și continuă să publice romane care devin rapid referințe în domeniu, multe fiind adaptate pentru televiziune, precum miniseria „The White Queen”.

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ORDER DAWNLANDS, THE STUNNING NEW NOVEL IN THE BELOVED FAIRMILE SERIES BY INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIPPA GREGORY, OUT NOW.

'Gregory is an experienced storyteller and doesn’t let you down. Tidelands is a gripping and intelligent portrait of a woman fighting to survive in a hostile world' The Times 

England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . .

Midsummer’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. 

Alinor, 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.

Suspected 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.‘The first in a planned series . . . The author crafts her material with effortless ease. Her grasp of social mores is brilliant, the love story rings true and the research is, as ever, of the highest calibre' Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail
‘Vivid and beguiling – Philippa Gregory at her best’ Woman & Home

'A compelling novel that shines a light on the struggles of 17th century women' Daily Mirror

'The novel's power lies in Gregory's evocative portrayal of the tidelands and the everyday lives of those who are bound to them' Sunday Express

'Philippa Gregory returns with an English Civil War novel that excels in everything she does best. Historical events are written with breathless immediacy, keeping the reader enthralled even if they know the outcome. She pays close attention to the plight of women in the past, so often unchanged despite men's wars, and gives them a voice . . . Fans will not be disappointed' Alys Key, The i

'Shines a light on the struggles of 17th century women . . . If this novel is the first sign of what's to come then readers are in for a treat' Emma Lee-Potter, Daily Express

'Tidelands evokes a world of suspense and superstition. Its fascinating fictional heroine, Alinor, is caught in a net of in-between spaces . . . I was completely swept up in this wonderful, immersive story set in the English Civil War when women who lived unconventional lives risked being accused of witchcraft'    Tina Jackson, Writing Magazine

Notă biografică

PHILIPPA GREGORY is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction.

Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen.

Now a recognised authority on women’s history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London.

Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016 was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Neilsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output.

She welcomes visitors to her site www.PhilippaGregory.com.

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THE BRAND NEW SERIES FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR
 
England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different . . .

Midsummer’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. 

Alinor, 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.

Suspected 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.

The unmissable read for Summer 2019.
 
Praise for Philippa Gregory:
 
‘Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told’ The Times

'Philippa Gregory is truly the mistress of the historical novel. It would be hard to make history more entertaining, lively or engaging' Sunday Express

‘Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer . . . All of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men’ Sunday Times

'Immaculate research, pacy narratives and a stubborn insistence that history is not only about men . . . a powerful reminder of how precarious the lives of the Tudor women could be' Daily Mail