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Wideacre

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Wideacre is a 1987 historical novel by Philippa Gregory. [1]

15 relations: Edinburgh, Enclosure, Hardcover, Historical fiction, Laudanum, Mantrap (snare), Names of the Romani people, Paperback, Philippa Gregory, Publishers Weekly, Simon & Schuster, South Downs, Squire, Trilogy, Viking Press.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Enclosure

Enclosure (sometimes inclosure) was the legal process in England of consolidating (enclosing) small landholdings into larger farms.

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.

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Laudanum

Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine).

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Mantrap (snare)

A mantrap is a mechanical physical security device for catching poachers and trespassers.

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Names of the Romani people

The Romani people are also known by a variety of other names; in English as gypsies or gipsies (seen by some as a slur, as discussed below) and Roma, in Greek as γύφτοι (gíftoi) or τσιγγάνοι (tsingánoi), in Central and Eastern Europe as Tsingani (and variants), in France as gitans besides the dated bohémiens, manouches, in Italy as zingari and gitani, in Spain as gitanos, and in Portugal as ciganos.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987.

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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.

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South Downs

The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east.

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Squire

Starting in the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight.

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Trilogy

A trilogy (from Greek τρι- tri-, "three" and -λογία -logia, "discourse") is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works.

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Viking Press

Viking Press is an American publishing company now owned by Penguin Random House.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideacre

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