The Wise Woman

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Summary: horror in the middle ages
Review: Wise Woman is a brilliant,wickedly honest addition to the midieval genre. After reading this I had to read all of Philippa Gregory's novels. This is the "edgiest" of them . This novel breathlessly proceeds with nail-biting pace to it's ultimate conclusion. There are scenes from this book which are BURNED in my memory: a nightmare of Candlewax and perfidy,the wave of a dolls arm, the truth revealed as to a woman's real value in Midieval society. As dark as it is, Wise Woman is sometimes amusing.It is the laughter, however,of the nervous and the dammed. I highly recommend Wise Woman as a "midieval" turned upside down.