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The Wise Woman

Author: Philippa Gregory
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

39 reviews
Sales Rank: 2738

Media: Paperback
Pages: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.6

ISBN: 0006514642
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006514640
ASIN: 0006514642

Publication Date: February 4, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Good condition generally. Spine is creased and there was a small sticker on the front cover which did not come off very easily.

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Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

Not worth the time. August 7, 2008
My Mum was given this book as a gift a couple of years ago and now after we have both read it we agreed that if this had been the first book by Philippa Gregory we had come across we would not have bothered reading any more. The central characters we all unlikeable - though Lord Hugh at least seemed to be a fairly reliable depiction of a landed lord at the time. The blurb on the back of the book no way gives an accurate idea of what you can expect inside the covers. I found the wax dolls creepy and something I was uncomfortable reading. The only reason this book has been given one star is that I am unable to give it less.

4 out of 5 stars

Brilliant - Better than I had thought it would be July 14, 2008
I was worried to read this, as I have read all of the Tudor Historical Fiction books by Philippa Gregory and absolutely loved them - I didn't want to find a book that wasn't as good. The beginning almost fulfilled my worry, but then I soon got to the point where I was thinking about reading the next chapter while working. It was really very good. I do agree that the 2 main characters, Alys and Hugo are as bad as each other, but at the same time you still want to know. I couldn't get over the ending; abrupt, but brilliant, it left me wanting more.

Now that I've read this one I can safely say I am going to read every single Philippa Gregory book I find.

1 out of 5 stars

Anachronistic rubbish June 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I find Philippa Gregory's pro-Catholic and anti-Protestant bias in her other books rather irritating anyway, but this goes totally over the top. The idea of persecuting Catholics as heretics for their beliefs is anachronistic at this time; when it happened, it was much more likely to happen under Edward VI or Elizabeth than under Henry VIII, who remained a Catholic to the end.

If you want good historical novels set in this period, go to Margaret Irwin who made her characters people of their time much more convincingly than PG does.

1 out of 5 stars

Unbelievable rubbish June 14, 2008
This book is an insult to our intelligence. I think Phillipa Gregory was having a laugh when she wrote this, maybe an experiment to see if she could sell books on her past recognition. I tossed it in the garbage half way through and will be wary to buy any more of her novels. I thoroughly enjoyed many of her other books, but this one is a load of rubbish.

1 out of 5 stars

Not one of Gregory's best May 14, 2008
Having read nearly all of Philippa Gregory's Tudor novels (and enjoying them) I was expecting the same sort of standard from this book.

Unfortunately the plot revolves around an unlikeable heroine and the story seems to not quite conclude. Overall very disappointing.