The Elopement

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with this captivating regency novel, perfect for fans of <i>The Other Bennet Sister</i>!</b></p><p>'A<b> richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy</b>'<i> Times</i></p><p>'<b>Gripping </b>and <b>moving</b> and also so <b>sharp</b> and <b>funny</b>. I loved it!' Sabine Durrant, bestselling author of <i>Lie with Me</i></p><p>'Has <b>all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel</b>' <i>Red </i></p><p><b>-----------------</b></p><p>1820. Mary Dorothea is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward, a man of strict principles and high moral values.</p><p>But when Sir Edward marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary's life is suddenly changed.</p><p>Mary's new stepmother, Fanny, comes from a large, happy and sociable family, and Fanny's brothers are amusing, handsome and completely charming.</p><p>One brother is particularly attentive and, as Mary approaches her seventeenth birthday, a bond forms between them that leads, on the last day of the year 1825, to a proposal of marriage.</p><p>Sir Edward's outrage is immediate, his refusal isabsolute. The union will never take place.</p><p>There appears to be only one solution . . .</p><p><b>-----------------</b></p><p>Praise for <i>The Elopement</i>:</p><p>'<b>Tremendous</b>' Nigella Lawson</p><p>'Has <b>all Austen's wit</b> and unnerving powers of observation with an <b>extra twenty-first century zap</b>' Ferdinand Mount, prize-winning author of <i>Big Ceasars and Little Caesars</i></p><p>'<b>Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby</b>' Karen Joy Fowler, international bestselling author of <i>The Jane Austen Book Club</i></p><p>'A <b>captivating </b>return to the world of the Austens' <i>Woman &amp; Home</i></p><p>'Combines <b>meticulous period research</b> with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears' <i>Daily Mail</i></p><p>Readers are loving<i> The E

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781804942802

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 127 x 37 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd