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Title: Jane and the Ghosts of Netley by STEPHANIE BARRON ISBN: 0-553-58406-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Well -researched historical mystery
Comment: Jane Austen is back in her seventh crime-solving adventure. Lord Harold Trowridge, the man of Jane's heart, calls on Jane to help seek out a traitor to the crown. She must befriend a beautiful widow with rumored ties to Bonaparte. Once Jane makes Sophia Challoner's acquaintance, it is hard for Jane to conceive that Sophia has anything to do with the murder and mayhem that is taking place in and about Netley Lodge.
Stephanie Barron has made Jane a likable and clever heroine that chafes against the rules of society that bind her. Jane is still writing her novels, but there is little evidence of it in this story. Jane is too busy hunting for traitors to actually write. Barron evokes the Regency time period nicely, interspersing historical facts throughout the book. Many facts are highlighted as footnotes on the page they appear. Barron writes these stories in a style similar to the writing of the Regency period further bringing in an authentic sense of time and place. There are deft twists throughout this well-plotted book, and a very moving, poignant ending to the story.
Rating: 3
Summary: Well researched
Comment: This is the seventh in a series of mysteries featuring Jane Austen as sleuth. As in the previous six, the historical background of this book has been meticulously researched. Previously the speech, social customs, dress and day-to-day lives of the period had been carefully researched. Increasingly however the national history, notably the war against the French, has been brought to the forefront and in this book the espionage and naval history of the period are featured.
In addition to the meticulous research the setting, especially the ruins of Netley Abbey and the tunnels beneath it are well drawn and effective. The characterization is good and the developing relationship between Jane and Lord Harold Trowbridge intrigued even a curmudgeon like me.
So why did I find the book tedious? It plodded from one none-too-exciting drama to the next with murders, arson and vicious personal attacks following unsatisfactorily along. Perhaps Jane was just a little too far out of her element. Perhaps her social awareness and the nuances that are her strength were just lost in what might have been an action-packed spy story.
Should there be other books in the series I hope Jane will return to the drawing rooms and ballrooms where her talents can flourish in greater congruence with the plot and the action of the story.
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book is soooo GREAT!
Comment: I loved this installment of the Jane Austen Mystery Series. I cried at the end!
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Title: Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron ISBN: 0553578405 Publisher: Crimeline Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Jane and the Stillroom Maid (Jane Austen Mysteries (Paperback)) by Stephanie Barron ISBN: 0553578375 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Jane and the Genius of the Place (Jane Austen Mysteries (Paperback)) by Stephanie Barron ISBN: 0553578391 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Winter Queen : A Novel by BORIS AKUNIN, ANDREW BROMFIELD ISBN: 1400060494 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Jane and the Wandering Eye: Being the Third Jane Austen Mystery by Stephanie Barron ISBN: 0553578170 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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