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Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Invited to spend the Christmas holiday season of 1814 at the ancestral home of the wealthy Chute family, Jane investigates the suspicious death of a Yuletide reveler whose killer is among the snowbound guests.
Author
Series
Being a Jane Austen mystery volume 14
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript-about a baronet's daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain-cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a trial of the curative waters at Cheltenham Spa, in Gloucestershire. Jane decides to use some of the profits...