Scottish Hotties and Jane Austen Fan Girls

Scottish Hotties and Jane Austen Fan Girls
Author: Victoria Pinder
Publisher: Love in a Book
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2024-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Escape to the enchanting Highlands, where four women discover that love— and a little holiday magic— can change everything. Between snowy castles, cozy firesides, and the thrill of new beginnings, these friends are about to find the life and love they've always dreamed of in the most unexpected places. Alexa arrives in Scotland determined to make a fresh start for herself and her unborn child. But when a rugged Scotsman becomes her unlikely protector, she might just find the love and security she's always longed for. Sophia is facing heartbreak and career woes in London, but a roadside breakdown in the Highlands leads her to a handsome stranger who might be the cure for her wounded heart. And Charlotte, the reserved dreamer, is swept off her feet by a mysterious Duke at her best friend’s wedding, making her question everything she thought she knew about love. As a bonus, Taylor’s country music dreams have come true, but a call from an old friend—now a pop superstar—might just give her the love story she’s always wanted. Filled with friendship, romance, and the breathtaking beauty of Scotland, this holiday boxed set is the perfect cozy escape. Discover each captivating story and let the magic of the Highlands sweep you away!

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym
Author: Paula Byrne
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0008322228

‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
Author: Steve Hockensmith
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2010-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594744823

Complete with romance, action, comedy, and an army of shambling corpses, this prequel to the hit mash-up novel will have Jane Austen rolling in her grave—or crawling out of it! Four years before the events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the Bennet sisters are enjoying a peaceful life in the English countryside, reading, gardening, and daydreaming about future husbands—until a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry. Suddenly, corpses are springing from the soft earth—and only one family can stop them. As the bodies pile up, Elizabeth Bennet grows from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. Along the way, two men vie for her affections: Master Hawksworth is the powerful warrior who trains her to kill, while thoughtful Dr. Keckilpenny seeks to conquer the walking dead using science instead of strength. Will either man win the prize of Elizabeth’s heart? Or will their hearts be feasted upon by hordes of marauding zombies?

Belle

Belle
Author: Paula Byrne
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 006231078X

The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode—a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady. The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals. Inspired by the painting, Belle vividly brings to life this extraordinary woman caught between two worlds, and illuminates the great civil rights question of her age: the fight to end slavery. Belle includes 20 pages of black-and-white photos.

A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice

A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice
Author: Jasmine A. Stirling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1547601124

For fans of I Dissent and She Persisted -- and Jane Austen fans of all ages -- a picture book biography about the beloved and enduring writer and how she found her unique voice. Witty and mischievous Jane Austen grew up in a house overflowing with words. As a young girl, she delighted in making her family laugh with tales that poked fun at the popular novels of her time, stories that featured fragile ladies and ridiculous plots. Before long, Jane was writing her own stories-uproariously funny ones, using all the details of her life in a country village as inspiration. In times of joy, Jane's words burst from her pen. But after facing sorrow and loss, she wondered if she'd ever write again. Jane realized her writing would not be truly her own until she found her unique voice. She didn't know it then, but that voice would go on to capture readers' hearts and minds for generations to come.

Film England

Film England
Author: Andrew Higson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-12-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0857718975

In a film business increasingly transnational in its production arrangements and global in its scope, what space is there for culturally English filmmaking? In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Higson demonstrates how a variety of Englishnesses have appeared on screen since 1990, and surveys the genres and production modes that have captured those representations. He looks at the industrial circumstances of the film business in the UK, government film policy and the emergence of the UK Film Council. He examines several contemporary 'English' dramas that embody the transnationalism of contemporary cinema, from 'Notting Hill' to 'The Constant Gardener'. He surveys the array of contemporary fiction that has been re-worked for the big screen, and the pervasive - and successful - Jane Austen adaptation business. Finally, he considers the period's diverse films about the English past, including big-budget, Hollywood-led action-adventure films about medieval heroes, intimate costume dramas of the modern past, such as 'Pride and Prejudice', and films about the very recent past, such as 'This is England'.

Crowned and Dangerous

Crowned and Dangerous
Author: Rhys Bowen
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698410246

Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows nothing is simple when you’re thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, but her upcoming marriage proves to be the ultimate complication in the tenth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series. As Lady Georgiana's beloved Darcy drives her out of London, she soon discovers that he isn’t planning to introduce her to the pleasures of sinning in secret—as she had hoped—but to make her his wife! Of course, she'll need special permission from the king to marry a Roman Catholic. Though he will inherit a title, Darcy is as broke as Georgie. Even his family’s Irish castle has been sold to a rich American who now employs his father. Nothing will deter them from their mission—except perhaps the news that Georgie's future father-in-law has just been arrested for murdering the rich American. With the elopement postponed, they head for Ireland, where the suspect insists he’s innocent, and it’s up to them to prove it—for better or worse.

Marriage

Marriage
Author: Susan Ferrier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 678
Release: 1893
Genre: English fiction
ISBN:

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility
Author: Emma Thompson
Publisher: Newmarket Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 1995.