GODMERSHAM PARK BLOG TOUR: INTERVIEW WITH GILL HORNBY

  

I am so excited to kick off an exceptional historical fiction novel blog tour here at  My Jane Austen Book Club!  Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby is a story based on actual events, people, and locations in Jane Austen’s life, which takes place at the grand country estate of Jane’s wealthy brother Edward and his large family. 

To discover more about it, please read my interview with author Gill Hornby and, then,  feel free to leave your comments here and spread the good news! 

BRENDA S. COX, FASHIONABLE GOODNESS. CHRISTIANITY IN JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD.

 

Sydney Smith, Anglican Clergyman and Proponent of Catholic Rights: Potential Model for Henry Tilney

By Brenda S. Cox

Includes excerpts from Cox’s new book, Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen’s England

 Jane Austen was committed to the Church of England (Anglican Church), and she worshiped in its churches and chapels regularly. Her father, two of her brothers, and many of her friends and relations were Anglican clergymen. The Church of England was a state church. Parliament made laws concerning worship and churches. The archbishops and bishops of the church sat in the House of Lords. (Much of this is still true.) Everyone was required to pay tithes (10% of their income or agricultural produce) to the clergyman of the parish where they lived. (This is no longer true.)

A DUTIFUL SON BLOG TOUR: MESSAGE FROM AUTHOR KELLY MILLER, EXCERPT, GIVEAWAY

Thank you so much for having me today, Maria Grazia! I am excited to begin my blog tour for “A Dutiful Son,” my Regency “Pride & Prejudice” variation! This excerpt is from Chapter 1 and is in Fitzwilliam Darcy’s point of view. It takes place at the Meryton assembly, where he will have his first encounter with the Bennets. The opening words are from Mr. Bingley.

Kelly Miller

REGINA JEFFERS, HORSE RACING IN THE REGENCY. INTRODUCING ELIZABETH BENNET'S GALLANT SUITOR.

 

HORSE RACING IN THE REGENCY

In my latest Austen-inspired novel, Elizabeth Bennet’s Gallant Suitor, part of the action centers around a horse race—specifically one with a horse called “Bingley’s T,” owned by Charles Bingley. Yes, I have Bingley take Netherfield not only to satisfy his father’s wish for his son to own property, as would a proper gentleman of the time, but also to satisfy Bingley’s obsession with horses. In my tale, Bingley hopes to develop a line of thoroughbreds. “Bingley’s T” is an Arabian mare and untested and an unknown in her first race.

HEATHER MOLL - AN APPEARANCE OF GOODNESS BLOG TOUR

 

Thanks for the warm welcome back to My Jane Austen Book Club! I’ve loved mysteries since my mother handed me Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock when I was 9. Looking back, I’ve put elements that add to a good mystery in my other books, but An Appearance of Goodness is the first that could be called a mystery—even though it’s still firmly in the romance genre. Historical mysteries with slow burn romances are my faves, and that element is definitely in my latest release Pride and Prejudice variation.