In conversation with Philippa Gregory
Historical novelist Philippa Gregory has written 25 books, including The Other Boleyn Girl, which achieved phenomenal success and was made into a major film starring Scarlett Johansson.
Her new novel, Tidelands, set in the final years of the English Civil War, is the first in a new series. It takes Philippa in a new direction, far from courts and queens, as she examines the deadly dangers faced by a village midwife when suspicions of witchcraft are all too easily roused in the community.
Philippa lives on a small farm in Yorkshire, and last year celebrated 30 years of being a novelist.
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