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As Christmas of 1804 approaches, Jane Austen finds herself "insupportably bored with Bath, and the littleness of a town." It is with relief that she accepts a peculiar commission from her Gentleman Rogue, Lord Harold Trowbridge--to shadow his niece, Lady Desdemona, who has fled to Bath to... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jane Austen: Author and lead protagonist of the story
- Dowager Duchess of Wilborough: Add a description of this character.
- Henry Austen: Brother of Jane Austen and banker
- Eliza, Comtesse de Feuillide: Henry Austen's wife and Jane Austen's sister-in-law, an Austen cousin
- Rev. George Austen: Jane Austen's father
- Cassandra Austen, Mrs. George Austen: Jane Austen's mother
- Madam Anne Lefroy: Wife of a clergyman, a former neighbor of the Austen family, and Jane Austen's old friend
- Lord Harold Trowbridge: The "Gentleman Rogue," Jane's "dark angel," and son of the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough
- Lady Desdemona Trowbridge: Niece of Lord Harold Trowbridge and granddaughter of the Dowager Duchess
- Maria Conyngham: Actress and sister to Hugh Conyngham
- Hugh Conyngham: Actor and brother to Maria Conyngham
- Richard Portal: Manager of the Theatre Royal
- Jenkins: The Dowager Duchess' butler
- Dr. Gibbs: The Dowager Duchess' physician
- Wilberforce Elliot: Bath magistrate
- Simon, Lord Kinsfell: Heir to the Duchy of Wilborough, brother of Lady Desdemona
- Cassandra Austen: Jane Austen's beloved sister
- Earl of Swithin: Lady Desdemona's suitor
- Richard Cosway: An artist of portraiture, especially miniatures
- Mary: The Green Parks Buildings' maid
- Madame LeBlanc: A dressmaker
- Miss Wren: A poor relation of the Wilboroughs
- Smythe: Labourer at the Theatre Royal
- Thomas Lawrence: Artist of portraiture
- Uncle Leigh-Perrot: Jane Austen's uncle
- Easton
- James Austen: Jane Austen's brother
Setting & Locations edit
Bath
- No. 27, Green Park Buildings: Where Jane Austen and her family lives
- Laurel Place: The home of Dowager Duchess of Wilborough
- Pump Room: Social center of Bath
- Theatre Royal
- Edgars Buildings
- Queen Square
- The Crescent
- White Hart: Lodgings where Henry and Eliza Austen stay
- Camden Place: Where Richard Cosway lives
- Sydney Gardens Vauxhall
- Pulteney Bridge
- Upper Rooms
- Paragon Rooms: Where Jane Austen's aunt and uncle live
First Sentence edit
A rout-party, when depicted by a pen more accomplished than my own, is invariably a stupid affair of some two or three hundred souls pressed elbow-to-elbow in the drawing-rooms of the great.
Table of Contents edit
Editor's Foreword
Chapter 1: Death Comes in Fancy Dress
Chapter 2: Wilberforce Elliot Pays a Call
Chapter 3: The Tiger Rampant
Chapter 4: The Eye in Question
Chapter 5: A Call to Camden Place
Chapter 6: Lovers' Vows
Chapter 7: Performance of an Ingenue
Chapter 8: The Dangerous Mr. Lawrence
Chapter 9: Into the Labyrinth
Chapter 10: The Comforts of Cooling Tea
Chapter 11: A Knife at the Throat
Chapter 12: Accusation of a Dead Man
Chapter 13: A Confidential Nuncheon
Chapter 14: An Unexpected Blow
Chapter 15: Protrait of a Witch
Chapter 16: The Importance of Appearances
Chapter 17: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 11 in Jane Austen Mystery. (standard series)
Preceded by Jane and the Man of the Cloth, and followed by Jane and the Genius of the Place.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephanie Barron (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0553578170
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0553578170
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Call no.: PS3563.A8357 J38 1998; LC control: 97022155
- Dewey: 813.54
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