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Description edit
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,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Stephanie Barron: author
- Henry Austin: Jane's brother.
- Harold Trowbridge: Add a description of this character.
- Jane Austen
- Lady Imogen
- Jack Hinton
- Shafto
- Charles Spence
- Mr. Middleton
- Edward
- Mrs. Prowting
- Cassandra
- Miss Austen
- Catherine
- Mamma
- Mr. Munro
- Mr. Dyer
- Holbrook
- Mr. Papillon
- George
- Mr. Chizzlewit
- Robley
- Helene
- Major Spence
- Mr. Barlow
- Neddie
- Harry
- Sally
- Miss Beckford
- Julian
- Freddy Vansittart
- John
- Bertie Phihnore
- Alton
- Jane Hinton
- Mrs. Seward
Setting & Locations edit
- Chawton Pond
- Mr. Thrace
- London
- Great House
- Bengal
- Stonings
- England
- Godmersham
- Brighton
- India
- Lord Harold
- Basingstoke
- Paris
- Town
- Beau
- Southampton
- Hampshire
- Canterbury
- France
- Providence
- St. Nicholas
- Winchester
- Lodge
- Chandernagar
- St. Eustace
- Steventon
- Madras
First Sentence edit
I CAME INTO MY KINGDOM TODAY AT HALF-PAST TWO-OR SO much of one as shall ever be granted me on this earth.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1: All We Have
Chapter 2: An Indifferent Welcome
Chapter 3: A Contested Provision
Chapter 4: Of Knights and Villains
Chapter 5: Chapters in a Life
Chapter 6: Coincidence or Pattern?
Chapter 7: The Bond Street Beau
Chapter 8: The Man Who Drank Deep
Chapter 9: What the Cellar Told
Chapter 10: The Joiner's Tale
Chapter 11: The Steward
Chapter 12: The Devil in the Cards
Chapter 13: That Perfect Understanding Between Sisters
Chapter 14: Catherine's Confession
Chapter 15: Damning Evidence
Chapter 16: If the Boot Fits...
Chapter 17: Too Long in the Back
Chapter 18: Neck or Nothing
Chapter 19: A Bolt into the Blue
Chapter 20: The Effect of Blue Ruin
Chapter 21: The Faithful Wife
Chapter 22: The Figure in the Night
Chapter 23: An Unexpected Visitor
Chapter 24: History of an Heir
Chapter 25: The Earl's Story
Chapter 26: New Beginnings
Editor's Afterword
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 11 in Jane Austen Mystery. (standard series)
Preceded by Jane and the Ghosts of Netley, and followed by Jane and the Barque of Frailty.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephanie Barron (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0553584073
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0553584073
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Call no.:PS3563.A8357 J325 2005; LC control: 2004048796
- Dewey: 813.54
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