Favoured Child, The (Wideacre)

Product Description Second in the best-selling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the 18th century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House, two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir. About the Author Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl, which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two separate films. Kate Rawson studied acting at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London. She has performed in theater productions all over the world, including Hermia in "A Midsummer Night s Dream" and Kate in "Nicholas Nickleby". Her television credits include "Casualty" and "Holby City", both for the BBC. Her radio credits include "The Wills Girls" for BBC Radio 4 and "Mum s the Word" for BBC Radio Cornwall.