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# The Lady's Slipper: A sweeping historical novel of orchids and obsession (Westmorland Book 1)

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- **What is this?** The Lady's Slipper: A sweeping historical novel of orchids and obsession (Westmorland Book 1) by deborah swift
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Compelling historical fiction
  

*by D***1 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2013*

I love historical fiction and the English Civil War/Restoration period is fast becoming one of my favourite settings.  I really enjoyed Deborah Swift's The Gilded Lily when I read it last year and vowed to read The Lady's Slipper (which is a sort of prequel).The main character in The Lady's Slipper is Alice Ibbetson, a gentlewoman whose family fell on hard times when their home was ransacked by Cromwell's New Model Army.  She entered into a marriage with Thomas Ibbetson more for practical and financial reasons than any great desire.  With her marriage stale and unrewarding , Alice's turns for solace to her great love of botany and this leads her to steal a rare and fragile orchid from the land of local farmer Richard Wheeler in order to study and preserve it.Wheeler is a very intriguing and beguiling character; a former wealthy landowner who fought for Cromwell during the war and converted to Quakerism after witnessing the horrors of battle.  After giving away his large estate and purchasing a small farm, he strives to live a simple and Godly life (but is not always successful).  His earnest manner and hardline views bring him into conflict with Alice, until they both realise they have far deadlier enemiesThe Lady's Slipper is packed with fascinating 17th century period detail and insights into the burgeoning Quaker movement (a group which I always enjoy reading about in historical fiction).  As mentioned earlier, The Gilded Lily is a sort-of sequel to TLS in that it features the adventures of Alice's maid Ella Appleby and her sister Sadie after they flee to London.  I would recommend that you read the books in order if possible as the fate of several key characters from TLS is revealed at the start of TGL, but having said that I read them the other way round it didn't spoil my enjoyment at all.  After finishing the book I immediately went to Amazon to see if Deborah was planning a third instalment and was really pleased to see she has another book coming out in October - A Divided Inheritance.  From the synopsis it doesn't appear to feature characters from TLS or TGL, but based on how much I've enjoyed her novels so far, I'll be sure to order a copy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Post civil war historical fiction
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2017*

The Lady’s Slipper is historical fiction set in England during 1660. The people are beginning to recover from the Civil War.Alice Ibbetson is an artist and keen horticulturalist. A rare orchid had been discovered in a nearby wood and Alice has plans to cultivate the seeds from the plant and save it from extinction. But the plant grows on land owned by another.Richard has left the army after the war; disillusioned, he has recently become a peace-keeping Quaker. He is disturbed that Alice has taken the orchid from his wood and then lied about her actions, however, there are others also interested in the orchid: Geoffrey Fisk is a rich landowner, he wants to exploit the medicinal benefits of the plant for profit, while local wise-woman, Margaret Poulter, also wants to see the orchid.Taking the plant causes an avalanche of bad luck for Alice, culminating in her wrongful imprisonment for a different crime. Her only friend is Richard, the man she once considered her enemy, and in a daring move, they flee.This is the type of book which draws you in with the rich language and writing style that offers escapism for a few hours. I really enjoyed learning about the Quaker life and ‘The Society Of Friends’. It gave me one of those ‘aha’ moments as a memory of my Grandmother popped into my head, of a group she took me to once. I researched The Lady’s Slipper Orchid and found that it is still very rare today. A fascinating story; I would have happily read more about Alice and Richard’s adventures after fleeing for their lives. In a sequel, The Gilded Lily, there is opportunity to learn more about others from Alice’s earlier life.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A lesson in how to easily and happily ingest English history!
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2023*

An easy read, well written and shot through with genuine 17th Century feeling. Much work by the author I'm sure to place the well characterised folk into very believable surroundings, effective plots and storyline. I enjoyed the build up and cadence leading to a really interesting end. This novel would appeal to most readers but if you enjoy English history then it's an easy choice indeed. Deborah Swift is now firmly on my reading list!

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