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Original Title:	Lady of Hay
ISBN:	1566491606 (ISBN13: 9781566491600)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	John of England, Richard de Clare, Jo Clifford, Matilda of Hay, William de Braose, Tim Heacham, Pete Leveson, Carl Bennet, Ann Clements, Nick Franklyn, Sam Franklyn, Adam de Porter, Margaret de Lacy

Lady of Hay

Barbara Erskine

Paperback | Pages: 600 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 6681 Users | 528 Reviews

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Title	:	Lady of Hay
Author	:	Barbara Erskine
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 600 pages
Published	:	March 13th 2001 by Welcome Rain Publishers (first published 1986)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction. Time Travel. Romance. Fantasy. Historical Romance

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Where I got the book: bought retail. Full price. Seriously, sometimes I do that just for laughs.

I read this book back in 1985 when it came out. I was 25. I cannot imagine this. I thought this book was AMAZING back then. I was hoping to recapture the moment...

Sigh.

You can never go back.

Plot: beautiful, talented journalist Jo (STRIKE ONE) appears to have no other purpose than to be hypnotized back into a previous life. Because absolutely EVERYONE she meets can do this. Really? I could count the number of regression hypnotists I've met on one.... hair follicle. Minus one. But when it comes to Jo, NOOOOO everyone can wave a hand and send her back to the Middle Ages, where she's a beautiful, willowy (STRIKE TWO) Lady of Hay called variously Matilda, Matilde, Maud or Moll. If nobody else is around to hypnotize her, Jo self-hypnotizes, boom, back in time before you can reach for the Scotch.

And they DO reach for the Scotch, oh yes they do, when they're not reaching for the coffee. In the contemporary parts of the novel intensely-blue-eyed (STRIKE THREE) ex-boyfriend Nick, sinister ex-boyfriend-brother-who-may-or-may-not-have-blue-eyes-but-who-cares? Sam, wimpy wannabe-boyfriend Tim and slightly-slutty-ex-boyfriend's-girlfriend Judy narrow their eyes a lot, drink much Scotch and much coffee, sleep with each other and gaze at each other with intensely blue eyes. (view spoiler)[Most of them are reincarnated, natch. Because it's PERFECTLY NORMAL to find reincarnated royalty/nobility who happen to have cassette tapes of the EXACT SAME flute music from the Middle Ages in London in 1985. (hide spoiler)]

But thank heaven for the reincarnations, say I. The Middle Ages plot is the only plot in the novel, the contemporary parts being nothing but the aforesaid Scotch drinkings and eye narrowings, with a bit of driving around foggy damp Welsh hills and the occasional punch-up thrown in. The Middle Ages characters do all sorts of exciting activities, either on horseback or at swordpoint or, I was going to say in bed but the sex is pretty perfunctory, his eyes narrowed and next minute they were smoking a cigarette or drinking a post-coital Scotch kind of thing. Oh no, wait, I was in the Middle Ages so perhaps no Scotch. Damned if I know.

This is the anniversary edition, so there's a sequel short story which is over-the-top silly with lots! of! exclamation! points! Interestingly, Erskine seems at times to refute the New Age beliefs which evidently gave rise to this idea that you could simply hypnotize yourself back into the past. Or fly, depending on which drugs you were taking. The 70s were awesome.

You know, if you just stuck to the Middle Ages story you'd have a great tale of love, loss, dynastic power-mongering, rogue kings and towering castles. I only felt like screaming every time we landed back in the 1980s. Of course, if you remember the 1980s you'll sympathize with that.

Verdict: a novel that is past its prime. A humungous hit in its day, but it doesn't travel well.

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Ratings: 4.05 From 6681 Users | 528 Reviews

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This was a reread for me. I read this when it first came out, loved it then and still love it now.Its a typical Barbara Erskine book, dual time line but an interesting read. It holds you all the way through.

I have not rated a book this low in a long time and there is a good reason for this. Some of you may not agree, but as a reader I am entitled to my opinion.Basically, I just didn't connect with any of the characters or their situations. It was way too long, the constant present-past flashbacks gave me whiplash, and the brutality of the men was harsh and cold. The build-up led you believe more would happen, but ended with a disappointing flat finale!It took me 12-13 hours to read (thank you

I really struggled to read this. Like many others, I found the historical story, that of Matilda, much more interesting than the current-day events. But the current-day storyline is what really ruined it for me. All of the characters were completely unlikable and downright psychotic.Nike brutally rapes and repeatedly attacks Jo, but he claims to love her. Jo conveniently moves past all that and they end up happily ever after.Why was Sam completely off his rocker? No good explanation is ever

Lady of Hay is a book I have wanted to read for a long time and with The Sleepers Castle now out I was prompted to do so. This is a tomb of a book at over 760 pages so quite daunting in size.Our main character Joanna is a confident sassy journalist who takes part in a University study in to past life regression and learns that in the past she was Matilda of Hay.As the regression takes place her unhappy abusive marriage to William Da Braose is relived, her illicit passionate love for the Knight

I simply do not understand how this book averages more than 4 stars. It's fairly terrible. The characters are shallow and if one reader could identify with them, I'd want to punch that person in the face. The plot takes FOREVER to develop -- seems as though about halfway through the book the author finally makes some revelation about what she's going to write about. The characters are in the upper echelon of London society, all have infatuations with each other (really?), are all ultra

I found this to be a very hard book to put down, even though there were things i didn't like about it. I just had to keep reading to find out how it would all end. I had one big problem with it, however. It really bothered me that Prince John was supposedly in love with Matilda. Who needs love like that? That was more about wanting something he couldn't have, lust and ownership, than love. If he had loved her he would not have raped her, so brutally. There was no love in that, only rage. I had

Meh, don't bother. This was such a long book. It's basically a history lesson, turned into a story, wrapped in alcohol, sex and abuse. I didn't believe the characters at all. They kept telling you that Jo is a hard hitting strong person, but in EVERY instance she is completely helpless, submissive, needy and gets walked all over. There are no consequences for any of the bad things anyone does. All of her friends are living the most ridiculously scandalous lives. But somehow the writing did keep