Lydia's Lives: Beyond 'Pride and Prejudice' - Softcover

Rickard, Mr John A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145653534X ISBN 13: 9781456535346

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

At 16, Lydia Bennet, married Mr Wickham. And not before time, everyone declared – for wicked Lydia had shared Wickham’s bed without benefit of clergy. Some said she was born to be hanged. But – with a helping hand from the Duke of Wellington and royal friends – there was a more interesting fate in store for Lydia. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy fought against the rip tides of pride and prejudice to achieve happiness. For Lydia, at 16 the youngest of the Bennet sisters, there was no so such struggle –driven by passion she dived most willingly into Mr Wickham’s bed. And Wickham was just the first – in a tale that is somewhat beyond Jane Austen's original 'Pride and Prejudice'!

About this title

About the Author:

John Rickard worked as a journalist for nearly 40 years, including 15 years in the Far East, based in Japan/Korea, and four years in the Middle East, Sultanate of Oman. His early career included three years with Reuters News Agency, including a brief time as a war correspondent. Then he worked for a variety of newspapers and publications full-time and as a freelance in a number of countries. Posts included reporter, sub-editor, columnist, editor, publisher, and newspaper owner. Among the many publications he wrote for were the Chicago Tribune, London Daily Mail, Melbourne Herald, South China Morning Post, Singapore Strait Times. He also had experience as a radio journalist, news and features, delivering programmes and writing scripts. His first newspaper job was with the New York Times at its wartime Fleet Street bureau – as a messenger boy in the photographic department. At 13 he received 1 guinea for sale of short-short story to London evening paper ‘The Star’. His first sale ever! He had a variety of jobs after leaving school at age 14. Then spent six years in the Army, including service in Korea (South and North) with Commonwealth Public Relations Unit and as news editor/broadcaster with the US Armed Forces Radio Service (Tokyo).

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 145653534X
• ISBN 13: 9781456535346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• Illustrator: Rickard Ian Robert