Tidelands: THE RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER

In the historical novel "Tidelands" by Philippa Gregory, set in 17th-century England during the English Civil War, Alinor, a descendant of wise women, is drawn into a dangerous world of superstition and witch-hunting when she helps a young man on the run.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 20 February 2020
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

1 bestselling author of historical fiction Philippa Gregory returns with her most eagerly awaited novel since 2016.
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Gregory, an experienced storyteller, never fails to disappoint. Tidelands is a gripping and intelligent portrayal of a woman fighting to survive in a hostile world.

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

Midsummers 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 no. 1 bestselling author of historical fiction Philippa Gregory returns with her most eagerly awaited novel since 2016.'

Weight: 324g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781471172755