Exploits & Adventures of Miss

The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy takes readers back into the imagined family of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Their musical daughter Alethea makes a disastrous marriage to a man whose charming manners conceal an unpleasant nature. Flinging caution to the winds, she flees her marital home, masquerading as a gentleman, and accompanied only by her redoubtable maid, Figgins, she sets off for Venice to take refuge with her sister Camilla. But events -- always dramatic and sometimes dangerous -- conspire to thwart her plans. Before she can meet up with Camilla, chance and her love of music lead her into the world of Italian opera, while her encounter with the aloof and difficult Titus Manningtree, in Italy to pursue a lost Titian painting, is to change her life -- although fate has several more tricks to play before she can find happiness.
With wit, aplomb, and delectable style, Elizabeth Aston once again re-creates the world of Jane Austen, populating her novel with captivating characters firmly rooted in Austen's traditions but distinctly her own, resulting in another delightful comedy of manners, morals, and marriage.

Author: Elizabeth Aston
Publisher: Tous - Touchstone Press
Published: 03/01/2005
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780743261937

Review Citation(s):
Romantic Times 04/01/2005 pg. 47 - Very Good
Ingram Advance 03/01/2005 pg. 57 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended
Library Journal 02/15/2005 pg. 113
Publishers Weekly 02/21/2005 pg. 157

About the Author
Aston, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Aston is a passionate Jane Austen fan who studied with Austen biographer Lord David Cecil at Oxford. The author of several novels, including Mr. Darcy's Daughters, she lives in England and Italy.

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