{"product_id":"dark-tides-the-compelling-new-novel-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-tidelands-1","title":"Philippa Gregory: Dark Tides [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eNumber One bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the \u003ci\u003eTidelands \u003c\/i\u003efamily in London, Venice and New England. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping read spanning London, Venice and New England, all beautifully observed by Gregory' \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTidelands, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first in the Fairmile series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A gripping and intelligent portrait of a woman fighting to survive in a hostile world' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The first in a planned series . . . The author crafts her material with effortless ease. Her grasp of social mores is brilliant, the love story rings true and the research is, as ever, of the highest calibre' \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Buchan,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Vivid and beguiling - Philippa Gregory at her best' \u003cb\u003eW\u003ci\u003eoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A\u003c\/i\u003e compelling novel that shines a light on the struggles of 17th century women' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eThe novel's power lies in Gregory's evocative portrayal of the tidelands and the everyday lives of those who are bound to them' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Philippa Gregory returns with an English Civil War novel that excels in everything she does best. Historical events are written with breathless immediacy, keeping the reader enthralled even if they know the outcome' \u003cb\u003eAlys Key\u003ci\u003e, The i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'If this novel is the first sign of what's to come then readers are in for a treat' \u003cb\u003eEmma Lee-Potter, \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gregory, Philippa","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51342720794963,"sku":"9781471172861","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47730149917011,"sku":"XG81471172861","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47384346001747,"sku":"XV81471172861","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/gregory-philippa-philippa-gregory-dark-tides-2020-paperback-1176662465.jpg?v=1751821293","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/dark-tides-the-compelling-new-novel-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-tidelands-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}