Kathy Blattman, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d'Alene, ID

Gregory never fails to breathe new life into forgotten histories!” In a small fishing village where anything can be blamed on the evils of women, gossip rules, gossip destroys, and anyone can be suspected of witchcraft. Parliamentarians clash with Royalists, and Papists secret away from their Puritan neighbors in this 17th-century Thorn Birds-esque tale of struggle, caste systems, forbidden love, secrets, superstition, temptation, and infidelity. “In Phillipa Gregory’s new series, she leaves the intrigue and glamor of the royal court for the grit and struggle of an impoverished fishing village off the southern coast of England. Lisa Smegal, Rivendell Bookstore, Abilene, KS Summer 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List I highly recommend this book for fans of historical fiction.” As always, her latest novel, Tidelands, is obviously thoroughly researched, with many historical facts sprinkled throughout. Alinor tells him that she knows-without doubt-that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter.“Philippa Gregory never fails to create beautifully written stories that suck you in and transport you back to the time and place the book is set. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come to tell Alinor that her son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lagoon.Īlinor writes to her brother Ned, newly arrived in faraway New England and trying to make a life between the worlds of the English newcomers and the American Indians as they move toward inevitable war. The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II, and he believes that the warehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy-his son and heir.

The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory’s new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Named a Most Exciting New Book of Fall by PopSugar Named a Best Book of the Month by CNN and MSNBC

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