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What is The Wise Woman about?
Alys 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. Summoned to the castle as the old lord's scribe, she falls obsessively in love with his son Hugo, who is married to Catherine. 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. The magic Alys has conjured now has a life of its own -- a life that is horrifyingly and disastrously out of control. 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. Synopsis from Barnes & Noble.
Who reads The Wise Woman?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Gregory, Philippa
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780006514640
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance
- Rating
- 3.3 / 5 (6,168 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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