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Title: You must be joking!
Review: This is possibly the worst book I have ever attempted to read. I say 'attempted' because I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Instead I skipped to the last page, just to confirm that the end was exactly as I expected it to be, and saved myself reading the rest of this drivel.I picked up Wideacre because I had read some later stuff of Gregory's and really enjoyed it. She has certainly come a long way as a writer, because this is woeful. Wideacre is bizzarely implausable and yet completely predictable. It's hard to fathom how Gregory expects us to swallow so many improbabilities in 600-odd pages and not place the book in the fantasy category. Apparently it all happens again with a sequel, but I won't be reading it.If you enjoy historical fiction read The Other Boleyn Girl. Read The Wise Woman. Read Earthly Joys. They are all great. Do not read Wideacre - it will only make you laugh (and it's not a comedy).
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