meridon Knows She Does Not Belong In The Dirty, Vagabond Life Of A Gypsy Bareback Rider. The Half-remembered Vision Of Another Life Burns In Her Heart, Even As Her Beloved Sister, Dandy, Risks Everything For Their Future. Alone, Meridon Follows The Urgings Of Her Dream, Riding In The Moonlight Past The Rusted Gates, Up The Winding Drive To A House — Clutching The Golden Clasp Of The Necklace That Was Her Birthright — Home At Last To Wideacre. The Lost Heir Of One Of England’s Great Estates Would Take Her Place As Its Mistress….

crowning The Extraordinary Trilogy That Began With wideacre And the Favored Child, Meridon Is A Rich, Impassioned Tapestry Of A Young Woman’s Journey From Dreams To Glittering Drawing Rooms And Elaborate Deceits…from A Simple Hope To A Deep And Fulfilling Love. Set In The Savage Contrasts Of Georgian England — A Time Alive With Treachery, Grandeur, And Intrigue — meridon Is Philippa Gregory’s Masterwork.

publishers Weekly

with This Elaborate Tapestry Of A Young Woman’s Life, The Lacey Family Trilogy ( Wideacre And The Favored Child ) Comes To A Satisfying Conclusion. Meridon Is The Lost Child Whose Legacy Is The Estate Of Wideacre. She And Her Very Different Sister, Dandy, Were Abandoned As Infants And Raised In A Gypsy Encampment, Learning Horsetrading And Other Tricks Of Survival. They Are Indentured To A Circus Master Whose Traveling Show Is Made Successful By Meridon’s Equestrian Flair And Dandy’s Seductive Beauty On The Trapeze. Meridon’s Escape From This World Is Fueled By Pregnant Dandy’s Murder And Her Own Obsessive Dream Of Her Ancestral Home. After Claiming Wideacre, Meridon Succumbs For A While To The Temptation Of The “quality” Social Scene, But Eventually She Comes To Her Senses, And, In A Tricky Card Game Near The End Of The Saga, Triumphs Fully. The Hard-won Homecoming In This Historical Novel Is Richly Developed And Impassioned. Doubleday Book Club Alternate. (aug.)

Publish Date : 2003-07-02T00:00:01Z