PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned author of historical novels. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Works that have been adapted for television include A Respectable Trade, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool. The Other Boleyn Girl is now a major film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. Philippa Gregory lives in the North of England with her family.
Abandoned by her mother, raised by a gypsy, sold (to a showman) by a drunken stepfather, 'wise to every gull and cheat that can be learned on the road' and, unknowingly, heiress to a great Sussex estate: Sarah Meridon, heroine of a very well-written story of Georgian town-and-country living, seen from the extremes of society. Third in the popular 'Wideacre' series. (Kirkus UK)
