The Austen Girls

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Would she ever find a real-life husband Would she even find a partner to dance with at tonights ball She just didnt know. Anna Austen has always been told she must marry rich. Her future depends upon it. While her dear cousin Fanny has a little more choice, she too is under pressure to find a suitor. But how can either girl know what she wants Is finding love even an option The only person who seems to have answers is their Aunt Jane. She has never married. In fact, shes perfectly happy, so surely being single cant be such a bad thing The time will come for each of the Austen girls to become the heroines of their own stories. Will they follow in Janes footsteps In this witty, sparkling novel of choices, popular historian LUCY WORSLEY brings alive the delightful life of Jane Austen as youve never seen it before. Enter the world of Jane Austen, with a cast of characters as you've never seen them before. This delightful coming-of-age story... features strong female characters and a plot that tackles the struggles women faced during the period - Historic Royal Palace Inside Story Magazine

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An expertly written historical YA novel that weaves real people and places with fictional events that portray the realities of Georgian England * Anita Loughrey *
Enter the world of Jane Austen, with a cast of characters as you've never seen them before. This delightful coming-of-age story... features strong female characters and a plot that tackles the struggles women faced during the period * Historic Royal Palace Inside Story Magazine *

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Lucy Worsley is, by day, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens. By night, she is a writer and presenter. This is Lucy's fourth historical novel for Bloomsbury Children's Books.