The Resource Meridon, Philippa Gregory
Meridon, Philippa Gregory
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The item Meridon, Philippa Gregory represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want. But Dandy--beautiful, impatient, thieving Dandy--grabs too much, too quickly. And Meridon finds herself alone, riding in bitter grief through the rich Sussex farmlands towards a house called Wideacre -- which awaits the return of the last of the Laceys
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 567 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London: Viking, 1990
- Isbn
- 9780006514633
- Label
- Meridon
- Title
- Meridon
- Statement of responsibility
- Philippa Gregory
- Subject
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- trueInterclass romance -- Sussex, England
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueRomanies
- trueGentry -- Sussex, England
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueSussex, England -- History -- 18th century
- trueObsession in women
- trueCountry homes
- trueHeirs and heiresses
- Circus performers -- England -- Fiction
- trueFamily sagas
- Brothers and sisters -- England -- Fiction
- trueSisters -- Sussex, England
- trueManors -- Sussex, England -- History -- 18th century
- trueEngland -- History -- 18th century
- Lacey family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
- trueWomen circus performers
- trueLacey family (Fictitious characters : Gregory)
- trueCircus
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want. But Dandy--beautiful, impatient, thieving Dandy--grabs too much, too quickly. And Meridon finds herself alone, riding in bitter grief through the rich Sussex farmlands towards a house called Wideacre -- which awaits the return of the last of the Laceys
- Summary
- Meridon, raised in poverty by gypsies until the wealthy Lacey family accepted her as its heir, embarks on a vengeful exploitation of the aristocratic world
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 031177
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gregory, Philippa
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Wideacre
- Series volume
- bk. 3
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lacey family (Fictitious characters)
- Circus performers
- Brothers and sisters
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Meridon, Philippa Gregory
- Note
- Originally published: London: Viking, 1990
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn884345829
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 567 pages
- Isbn
- 9780006514633
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Label
- Meridon, Philippa Gregory
- Note
- Originally published: London: Viking, 1990
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn884345829
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 567 pages
- Isbn
- 9780006514633
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
Subject
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- Brothers and sisters -- England -- Fiction
- trueCircus
- Circus performers -- England -- Fiction
- trueCountry homes
- trueEngland -- History -- 18th century
- trueFamily sagas
- trueGentry -- Sussex, England
- trueHeirs and heiresses
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInterclass romance -- Sussex, England
- trueLacey family (Fictitious characters : Gregory)
- Lacey family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
- trueManors -- Sussex, England -- History -- 18th century
- trueObsession in women
- trueRomanies
- trueSisters -- Sussex, England
- trueSussex, England -- History -- 18th century
- trueWomen circus performers
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