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MysteryLarge Print EditionIn the third of Jane Austens recently discovered journals to be edited for publication, we find Jane Austen at home in Bath for what will turn out to be her last Christmas spent in that city. Its a time of excitement, intrigue and loss one of the most memorable seasons of her life. Austen celebrates her twenty-ninth birthday, and bids farewell forever to a dear friend amid a web of scandal and murder . . .
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It's evident from the opening lines of Jane and the Wandering Eye that author Stephanie Barron knows both her Regency-period England and her Jane Austen. In this novel, the famous author takes center stage and finds herself embroiled in nefarious doings--in this case, the murder of a theater manager. As in the series' other books, Jane herself tells the story through a series of journal entries, and it is in her heroine's voice that Barron's genius comes to light: the same sharp eye for detail and ironic understanding of human character that informed Miss Austen's novels are hard at work in this fictional account of her sideline occupation as a sleuth. Though the mystery at the heart of Jane and the Wandering Eye is hardly a nail-biter, the wonderful mix of fictional and historical characters--all rendered up with Austenian wit--that inhabit this murderous comedy of manners are what will keep readers going to the very last page--and coming back for more.
From the Publisher:
"A diverting mystery of manners, the third entry in a genteelly jolly series."
--The Book Report
--The Book Report
The highest praise for Stephanie Barron's previous Jane Austen Mysteries:
"Ms. Barron's skillful rendering of Austen's style...reveals it to be an ideal vehicle for the classic cozy murder mystery. Who knew?"
--The New York Times Book Review
"There's plenty to enjoy in this crime-solving side of Jane....[She] is as worthy a detective as Columbo."
--USA Today
"Historical fiction at its best."
--Library Journal
"Jane is unmistakably here with us through the work of Stephanie Barron--sleuthing, entertaining, and making us want to devour the next Austen adventure as soon as possible."
--Diane Mott Davidson
"Splendid fun!"
--Star-Tribune, Minneapolis
"Happily succeeds on all levels: a robust tale of manners and mayhem that faithfully reproduces the Austen style--and engrosses to the finish."
--Kirkus Reviews
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- PublisherHeadline Book Publishing
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0747253773
- ISBN 13 9780747253778
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages276
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