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Jane and His Lordship's Legacy
Jane and His Lordship's Legacy | Stephanie Barron
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It's with a heavy heart that Jane Austen takes up a new residence at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Secretly mourning the lost love of her life, she's stunned to learn that the late Lord Harold Trowbridge has made her heir to an extraordinary bequest: a Bengal chest filled with his diaries, letters, and most intimate correspondence. From these, Jane is expected to write a memoir of the Gentleman Rogue for posterity. But before she can put pen to paper on this labor of love, she discovers a corpse in the cellar of her new home.The dead man was a common laborer, and a subsequent coroner's examination shows he was murdered elsewhere and transported to Chawton Cottage. Suddenly Jane and her family are thrust into the center of a brewing scandal in this provincial village that doesn't take kindly to outsiders in generaland to Austens in particular.And just as Jane glimpses a connection between the murder and the shattering truth concealed somewhere in Lord Harold's papers, violent death strikes yet another unsuspecting vicitim. Suddenly there are suspects and motives everywhere Jane lookslocal burglaries, thwarted passions, would-be knights, and members of the royal family itself who want Lord Harold hushed . . . even in death. As the tale of one man's illustrious life unfoldsa life that runs a parallel course to the history of two continentsJane races against time to catch a cunning killer before more innocent lives are taken. But her determination to protect Lord Harold's legacy could exact the costliest price of all: her own life.Jane and His Lordship's Legacy is historical suspense writing at its very finest, graced with insight, perception, and uncommon intelligence of its singular heroine in a mystery that will test the mettle of her mind and heart.From the Hardcover edition.
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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"I CAME INTO MY KINGDOM TODAY AT HALF- PAST TWO— OR SO much of one as shall ever be granted me on this earth. Four square brick walls, half a dozen chimneys, a simple doorway fronting on the London to Gosport road, and a clutch of outbuildings behind: such is our cottage in Chawton."

We've finally made it to Chawton.
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Jane is on her way to NYC with me. #janeandtheexcellentreadalong

AmyG Safe travels! 3w
LaraReads Lovely photos! Have so much fun! 3w
Soubhiville Enjoy your trip! 3w
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TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️have the best time!! 3w
Cathythoughts You two have a lovely trip ♥️♥️ 3w
Crinoline_Laphroaig Yay! You and Jane have fun! 3w
LeahBergen Lovely! Have fun! ❤️ 3w
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I enjoy these books so much!

robinb I‘ve been meaning to try these! 😊 2y
Jen2 They are really good! 2y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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🤣 My favorite quote of the book. 🧦💙
#janeandtheyear2020

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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"I CAME INTO MY KINGDOM TODAY AT HALF-PAST TWO—OR SO much of one as shall ever be granted me on this earth. Four square brick walls, half a dozen chimneys, a simple doorway fronting on the London to Gosport road, and a clutch of outbuildings behind: such is our cottage in Chawton....It requires only a flowering vine, I think, to grow romantickly across the door.”
I loved this one because I could see Chawton come to life! ?
#janeandtheyear2020

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