Gregory\'s stunning sequel to Wideacre.
Sensual, gripping, and mystical, The Favored Child irresistibly sweeps the reader into a world of secrets, betrayals, and power in this revolutionary period of English history..
Only one can be Beatrice Lacey\'s true heir.
Only one can be the Favored child--only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again.
Equal claimants to the estate, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry.
But, in the Dower House nearby, two children are being raised in protected innocence.
The villagers are living in poverty and formerly stunning hall is a smoke-blackened ruin.
The Wideacre estate is bankrupt.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and queen of royal fiction ( USA TODAY ) Philippa Gregory comes the thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller Wideacre as the once-great Lacey estate is restored to its former grandeur--though not without cost.
In The Favored Child, she is at the height of her storytelling abilities, weaving a spellbinding tale of evil, obsession, madness and sensuality that will leave readers gasping--and waiting with bated breath for the third and final book in the Wideacre trilogy.
Gregory\'s stunning sequel to Wideacre
