From the desk of Tracy Hickman: The subtitle for Robert Morrison’s history of Regency Great Britain, “during which Jane Austen writes, Napoleon fights, Byron makes love, and Britain becomes modern,” hints at the variety and diversity within its pages. In contrast to Jane Austen’s tightly focused fiction, famously self-described as “three or four families in... Continue Reading →
A Fatal Likeness: A Novel, by Lynn Shepherd – A Review
From the desk of Br. Paul Byrd, OP “The Young Romantics have inspired hundreds of books, plays, and films over the last two centuries, and there have been many accounts of that famous summer they spent together on Lake Geneva in 1816, when Frankenstein was conceived. But all the same there remain many inexplicable gaps... Continue Reading →
Preview: Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron, by Stephanie Barron
Good news Janeites! The four year wait for the next novel in the Jane Austen Mysteries series by Stephanie Barron is almost over. On September 28th, 2010, Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron will be available to quell that consuming need to feed your murder and mayhem meets Austen passion. Marking the tenth book... Continue Reading →
Jane Bites Back, by Michael Thomas Ford – A Review
Jane Austen’s novels brim with irony, witticism, and in the end, a gentle reprove or two. It is why I love her writing. Few authors can deliver this dry, deft and wickedly funny style. Michael Thomas Ford is one of them. His latest novel Jane Bites Back is more than a gentle joke, it is... Continue Reading →
Austen Book Sleuth: New Books in the Queue for September
The Jane Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that many Austen inspired books are heading our way in September, so keep your eyes open for these new titles.  Fiction (prequels, sequels, retellings, variations, or Regency inspired) According To Jane, by Marilyn Brant Here is a bright new face on the Austen sequel/inspiration market.... Continue Reading →
Austen’s Willoughby: Truly a Byronic Hero, or Libertine? Part One
"You are mistaken, Elinor," said she warmly, "in supposing I know very little of Willoughby. I have not known him long indeed, but I am much better acquainted with him, than I am with any other creature in the world, except yourself and mama. It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy:... Continue Reading →