Jane and His Lordship's Legacy (Jane Austen Mysteries)
 

Jane and His Lordship's Legacy (Jane Austen Mysteries (Paperback))

by Stephanie Barron

It's with a heavy heart that Jane Austen takes up a new residence at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Secretly mourning the lost love of her life, she's stunned to learn that the late Lord Harold Trowbridge has made her heir to an extraordinary bequest: a Bengal chest filled with his diaries, letters, and most intimate correspondence. From these, Jane is expected to write a memoir of the Gentleman... (read more)

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Alethea
  • Rated 4 stars

This is the eighth novel in Ms. Barron's series featuring Jane Austen as the heroine and sleuth. I have enjoyed each book immensely. Barron artfully weaves together facts and occurrences from Austen's life with her fictional, thriller scenarios. The crime in this installment, though, was a bit lackluster; the finale was wonderful, fast, and VERY satisfying, just like the others in the series. I was saddened by Jane's grief for her dead Lord Harold Trowbridge and the hope of Jane's future...

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