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Kensington
April 2006
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Featuring: Eliza Knight; Fitzwilliam Darcy
288 pages
ISBN: 075821037X
EAN: 9780758210371
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Romance
What if you found a 200-year-old love letter written from a
fictional character to the writer who created him? And what
if, next to that letter, was another addressed to this
character . . . from the author herself? Truth may be
stranger than fiction, but one woman is about to find out
what happens when fiction becomes truth… New York artist Eliza Knight certainly did not realize it at
the time, but her life changed when she bought the old,
beat-up vanity table one lazy Sunday afternoon. Tucked away
behind the mirror she found two letters, one sealed, but one
already opened: “May 12th, 1810. Dearest Jane, the Captain has found me out.
I am being forced to go into hiding immediately. But if I am
able, I shall still be waiting at the same spot tonight.
Then you will know everything you wish to know. F. Darcy.” F. Darcy? Fitzwilliam Darcy, the fictional hero of Jane
Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? Even more mysterious was the
other letter, sealed and never read—from Jane to Darcy.
Could this man, possibly the most romantic character ever
written and the hero of Eliza’s favorite novel, have been a
real person? Eliza’s initial guarded curiosity turns to
astonishment as scientific testing confirms the sealed
letter was indeed addressed by Jane Austen. But she is
completely baffled by the revelation that the other letter,
though proven to be from the same time period—was written by
an American. Caught between the routine of her present life and the
intrigue of these incredible discoveries from the past,
Eliza decides to look deeper. Her research leads to a
majestic, 200-year-old estate in Virginia’s breathtaking
Shenandoah Valley where she meets the one man who may hold
the answer. But he also has a secret, one he has kept hidden
for years. Now, as the real story of Fitzwilliam Darcy
unfolds, Eliza finds her life has become a modern-day
romance, one that perhaps only Jane Austen herself could
have so eloquently written.
Comments
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Re: The Man Who Loved Jane Austen
I loved this story! It is filled with interesting characters and has a great plot that will maintain your interest and keep you reading until the end.
(Chelsea Knestrick 5:19pm January 6, 2013)
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