Murder at Mansfield Park

Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of Mansfield Park. --Lionel Trilling

In this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price--whom Jane Austen's own mother called insipid--has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is now as good as Fanny is bad, and suffers great indignities at the hands of her vindictive neighbor. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own, teaming-up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.

Featuring genuine Austen characters--the same characters, and the same episodes, but each with a new twist--MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK is a brilliantly entertaining novel that offers Jane Austen fans an engaging new heroine and story to read again and again.

Author: Lynn Shepherd
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 07/20/2010
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.44w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780312638344

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/14/2010
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2010
Romantic Times 08/01/2010 pg. 74 - Excellent
Library Journal 06/15/2010 pg. 70
People Weekly 08/09/2010 pg. 45

About the Author

LYNN SHEPHERD, who received a doctorate in English literature from Oxford University, lives in London. She first had the idea of writing an authentic Austen murder nearly ten years ago.

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