Dark Tides (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
**PRE-ORDER DAWNLANDS, THE STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM PHILIPPA GREGORY, OUT NOVEMBER 2022**
Number One bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice and New England.
Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. 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 second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. 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.
Alinor 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. Alinor tells him that she knows – without doubt – that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter.
Set in the poverty and glamour of Restoration London, in the golden streets of Venice, and on the tensely contested frontier of early America, this is a novel of greed and desire: for love, for wealth, for a child, and for home.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
One of historical fiction’s true queens, Philippa Gregory kicked off her Fairmile series with 2019’s dark and mysterious Tidelands. It presented a subtle gear change for Gregory: training her exquisite sights on a low-born civilian lead rather than her usual royal and aristocratic figures. She did a superb job setting the scene deep in the Sussex marshes during the mid-1600s English Civil War and establishing the captivating Alinor (accused of witchcraft by fellow villagers) as one of her most memorable central characters. Here, Gregory moves the story on to 1670 and expands her world to London, New England and Venice. It’s a more emotionally impactful story than its predecessor, with Alinor and her family battling against past secrets and sinister forces.
Customer Reviews
Stunning
Stunning ! Such strong female characters steering the storyline along ! Loved this and would recommend, love that you get three stories in one ! Can’t wait for the film.