Author and sleuth Jane Austen finds the corpse of a young gentleman in Derbyshire--or so she thinks. The deceased is actually the maidservant of Penfolds Hall, where she had ruled the stillroom until she was labeled a witch and dismissed. Was she the prey of a madman loose in the hills, or the cast-off impediment to a gentleman's marriage?
Readers love her as an author, now they'll embrace her as the sleuth in Stephanie Barron's new mysteries. Not long after Jane Austen arrives at the estate of her friend, the Countess of Scargrave, her elderly husband, the Earl, succumbs to a mysterious illness. The widow then becomes the target of some sinister accusations. Jane attempts to get to ...
When a carriage holding Jane Austen and her family is overturned, they are rescued by Geoffrey Sidmouth. Jane determines to discover the secrets this brusque man surely conceals. When a man is found hanged from a makeshift gibbet on the Cobb, the evidence points to the mysterious Sidmouth himself.
The tale of Jane's visit to her friend Isobel, the new bride of the elderly Earl of Scargrave. Many of their friends are at Scargrave manor to attend a ball but the Earl ruins the weekend by getting murdered. Will the resourceful Jane be able to solve the mystery?
Captain Tom Seagrave, a close friend of Jane's brother Frank, faces execution for a murder he didn't commit. Together, Jane and Frank, a post captain in the Royal Navy, set out to uncover the truth and are led on a journey from the troubled heart of Seagrave's family, through the seaport's worst sinkholes, and finally to the prison of Wool House.
Lord Trowbridge, a British government official, asks Jane Austen to go to Netley Lodge to smoke out a spy for Napoleon. During the course of her investigations, a shipwright will be murdered and Jane will herself be in danger.
The author of the acclaimed "Jane and the Barque of Frailty" returns with an enthralling suspense novel centered around Queen Victorias troubled court--and a secret so dangerous it could topple thrones.
From the author of "Jane and the Ghosts of Netley, Jane and His Lordship's Legacy" is historical suspense writing at its very finest, graced with insight, perception, and uncommon intelligence of its singular heroine, in a mystery that will test the mettle of her mind and heart.
At the Canterbury Races even Jane Austen is unprepared for the drama that ensues when a raven-haired beauty in a scarlet riding habit takes centre stage. And when the final heat is won, in a shabby chaise the unthinkable is revealed - the beauty's lifeless body, her riding habit nowhere to be seen.
This survey of the idea California has represented in the American imagination includes more than 400 works of art in a variety of media, including film, fashion, furniture, and photography, as well as painting and sculpture.
The rise of the Nazis in 1933 caused an unprecedented forced migration of hundreds of artists within and, in many cases, ultimately away from Europe. Exiles and Emigres, published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition opening in February 1997 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is the first book to trace the lives and work of 23 well ...
In a divided Germany after World War II, artists in both East and West reacted to the war's political legacies by reviving pre-war artistic traditions. Newly energized, these traditions - including expressionism, abstraction and realism - gave birth to a wide range of powerful and meaningful contemporary artworks during the Cold War years.This ...
Beloved author-turned-sleuth Jane Austen is staying with her brother and his wife in London as she awaits the publication of her first novel, "Sense and Sensibility." When the mistress of a married nobleman is murdered, Jane is led into the heart of a conspiracy, one with roots in the French Revolution.
By many writers, a look at California's visual culture from its early years to the 1990s that covers topics such as Hollywood, Chinatown in San Francisco, the Beats, Chicano art, the Watts Towers, and the role of the automobile.
Lord Trowbridge, a British government official, asks Jane Austen to go to Netley Lodge to smoke out a spy for Napoleon. During the course of her investigations, a shipwright will be murdered and Jane will herself be in danger.
A ship captain named Thomas Seagrave is accused of murdering a French naval officer, and then Seagrave's accuser is murdered too. Jane Austen, whose brother Frank is a good friend of Seagrave's, journeys to the port of Southampton to solve the mystery.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this volume presents contemporary art from the private collections of Eli and Edythe Broad. The exhibition contains work by twenty-two artists designed to exemplify the major trends from the latter half of the 20th century, including American Neo-Dada and Pop, German Neo ...
This survey of the idea California has represented in the American imagination includes more than 400 works of art in a variety of media, including film, fashion, furniture, and photography, as well as painting and sculpture.
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