Wicked!
The deliciously irreverent new chapter of The Rutshire Chronicles by Sunday Times bestselling author Jilly Cooper
Published on 7. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
1008 pages
978-0-552-15156-6 (ISBN)
Description
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+
A tale of two schools...
At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious and fatally attractive headmaster, Hengist Brett-Taylor, hatches a plan to share the facilities of his school with Larkminster Comprehensive - known locally, as 'Larks'.
His reasons for doing so are purely financial, but he is encouraged by the opportunities the scheme gives him for frequent meetings with Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks, who has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave - and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school.
Neither parents nor staff of either school are too keen on this radical move, although some can see the possible financial advantages. For the students, however, it offers great opportunities to get up to even more mayhem than usual.
'Simply enjoy the wicked pleasures Cooper does so well' The Observer
'A brilliantly refreshing read' Polly Vernon
'I devoured it with as much joy as I would a bucket of pistachio ice cream' Daily Mail
Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
A tale of two schools...
At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious and fatally attractive headmaster, Hengist Brett-Taylor, hatches a plan to share the facilities of his school with Larkminster Comprehensive - known locally, as 'Larks'.
His reasons for doing so are purely financial, but he is encouraged by the opportunities the scheme gives him for frequent meetings with Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks, who has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave - and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school.
Neither parents nor staff of either school are too keen on this radical move, although some can see the possible financial advantages. For the students, however, it offers great opportunities to get up to even more mayhem than usual.
'Simply enjoy the wicked pleasures Cooper does so well' The Observer
'A brilliantly refreshing read' Polly Vernon
'I devoured it with as much joy as I would a bucket of pistachio ice cream' Daily Mail
Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
Reviews / Votes
Simply enjoy the wicked pleasures Cooper does so well * The Observer * My reading of Jilly Cooper's Wicked! was not guiltily pleasurable - it was just pleasurable... a brilliantly refreshing read -- Polly Vernon * Observer * The perfect beach companion * Daily Mail * A great summer read * Daily Express * The perfect summer read... with Cooper's trademark puns, a massive cast and lots of sex - it's a winner * Daily Express * An absolute joy * In Dublin * Hilarious, heart warming and intensely moving * Yorkshire Post * Hugely gratifying in the way that only Cooper can be * Mail on Sunday *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
679 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-15156-6 (9780552151566)
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Person
Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series was set.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.