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Ransome’s Honor, by Kaye Dacus – A Review

Posted in Regency Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 30 August 2009 | 3 Comments »

Men in blue. Need I say more?  If Lydia Bennet was condemned as the most determined flirt to make her family ridiculous in Pride and Prejudice for her fixation on any officer in a red coat, then I am as guilty as changed for a Royal Navy man in blue. Besides pictures of my father [...]

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Austenprose Nominated for 4 BBAW Awards

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged on 29 August 2009 | 9 Comments »

Nothing like tooting your own horn, *blush*, but Austenprose has been nominated for four Book Blogger Appreciation Week awards. Here are the categories and their descriptions:  Best History/Historical Fiction Blog – This blog features the best reviews and specialized content on books about a time gone by.  Best Specialized Blog – Cookbooks? Baseball history? Books written by [...]

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A New Haute Couture Pride and Prejudice Cover by Fashion Illustrator Reuben Toledo

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 27 August 2009 | 7 Comments »

I think that Jane Austen just might approve of this new cover design that fashion illustrator Rueben Toledo has created for her novel Pride and Prejudice. Her fondness for finery is confirmed in her letters to her sister Cassandra as she chats about her shopping expeditions to linen-drapers, silk-mercer’s and milliners in London and Bath, [...]

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Announcing – Lady Vernon and her Daughter Book Trailer

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , on 25 August 2009 | 8 Comments »

Austenprose is very honored to have the privilege of announcing the exclusive premier of the Lady Vernon and her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen’s Lady Susan book trailer. This new retelling of Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan was co-written by mother and daughter team Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway and is due out October 6th, 2009. [...]

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A Soirée with Lady Susan Group Reading Schedule & Resources

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 25 August 2009 | 7 Comments »

A Soirée with Lady Susan begins right here on Austenprose on September 1st with an introduction to Jane Austen’s wicked funny novella and list of characters. If you missed the initial announcement of the event, you can read further about this great Austen novella-a-thon posted last week. To prime readers for the group read which starts the next day [...]

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The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, by Lauren Willig – A Review

Posted in Regency Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 23 August 2009 | 11 Comments »

In the fifth installment in her Pink Carnation Series, more Napoleonic espionage ensues as Lauren Willig spins her captivating tale of the exploits of Robert Lansdowne, the reluctant Duke of Dovedail, and his bookish young cousin Charlotte in The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Set in England in 1803, Robert’s unexpected return to his ducal estate [...]

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