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Preview of The Garden Intrigue, by Lauren Willig & Giveaway

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 24 September 2011 | 50 Comments »

Regular readers of Austenprose will know that I am a huge fan of author Lauren Willig novels.  I absolutely adore her bestselling Pink Carnation series set during the Napoleonic Wars, filled with spies, humor and romance. I was thrilled beyond words when Lauren agreed to write a short story for my upcoming Austenesque anthology Jane [...]

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Giveaway winners announced for The Twelfth Enchantment

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 22 September 2011 | 1 Comment »

21 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three copies of The Twelfth Enchantment, by David Liss. The winners drawn at random are: Janis Rothermel who left a comment on September 15, 2011 Julianne B. who left a comment on September 18, 2011 Kate who left a comment on [...]

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Giveaway winner announced for Jane and the Canterbury Tale

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , , on 22 September 2011 | 4 Comments »

20 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a signed copy of Jane and the Canterbury Tale, by Stephanie Barron. The winner drawn at random is Sharon who left a comment on September 8, 2011. Congratulations Sharon! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and address by [...]

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The Twelfth Enchantment: A Novel, by David Liss – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Regency Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 28 August 2011 | 10 Comments »

Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict Historical fiction? Check.  Magic?  Check.  Awesome heroine?  Check.   Lord Byron?!  Check!  Did you ever imagine those four items to be in the same novel together?  I sure didn’t, so I was in for a definite surprise when I started reading The Twelfth Enchantment by [...]

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Stephanie Barron Featured on NPR

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 26 August 2011 | 4 Comments »

Author, and friend of Austenprose, Stephanie Barron has contributed an online article in the “Three Books” series on NPR. Which books did she choose? Why Regency-era of course. In Three Books, Two Centuries And One English Regency, Barron highlights: Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, And Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar,  by Adam Nicolson; The Battle: A [...]

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Suspense and Sensibility or, First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery, by Carrie Bebris – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , on 24 August 2011 | 22 Comments »

Inspired by characters from Jane Austen’s novels Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, the second in the Mr. & Mrs. Darcy mysteries series begins four months after the marriage of Austen’s famous romantic duo, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Family obligations take them from Pemberley, their country estate in Derbyshire, to Town to help [...]

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Tea with Jane Austen, by Kim Wilson – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 18 May 2011 | 6 Comments »

We are always happy to see an author’s work go into a second edition, especially when they are as deserving of reprint as Kim Wilson’s beautiful Jane Austen-inspired books: Tea with Jane Austen and In the Garden with Jane Austen. Previously published in 2004 and 2008 respectively by Jones Books in the US, this new [...]

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Jane and the Stillroom Maid: Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery, by Stephanie Barron – A Review

Posted in Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, Reading Challenges, tagged , , , , , , , , on 11 May 2011 | 24 Comments »

Touring the Derbyshire countryside in the summer of 1806, Jane Austen, her mother, sister Cassandra and cousin Rev. Edward Cooper are staying at the Rutland Arms in Bakewell, in the Peak District. While on a day excursion out into the country with Mr. Cooper and his friend Mr. Hemming, the gentleman enjoy angling along the [...]

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