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    Jane and the Waterloo Map
    Jane and the Waterloo Map
    Jane and the Waterloo Map
    Audiobook8 hours

    Jane and the Waterloo Map

    Written by Stephanie Barron

    Narrated by Kate Reading

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    About this audiobook

    The thirteenth installment in Stephanie Barron's fan-favorite Being a Jane Austen Mystery series. Between novels, Victorian England's most beloved author doubles as a sleuth in often idyllic locales. November, 1815. The Battle of Waterloo has left the British economy in shreds; Henry Austen, Jane's favorite brother, is about to declare bankruptcy. The crisis destroys Henry's health, and Jane flies to his London bedside. While she is there, the Reverend James Stanier Clarke, chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, invites Jane to Carlton House, the Prince's fabulous London home. Jane only accepts because many of Henry's bad loans were given by the Prince Regent's cronies. She hopes to intercede with the Regent on Henry's behalf, but before she can speak to him, she stumbles upon a dying man in the library--Colonel Ivor MacFarland, who with a knife in his entrails utters a single failing phrase: the Waterloo map . . . and Jane is on the hunt for a treasure of incalculable value, and a killer of considerable cunning. Praise for Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas "[A]n excellent period mystery for all historical fiction fans...Jane Austen devotees will especially appreciate immersing themselves in the many biographical details about Austen that accompany the fictional murder mystery." --Library Journal, Starred Review "Vivid characters propel the subtle plot to its surprising conclusion. The first-person narration captures Austen's tone as revealed in her letters: candid, loving, and occasionally acerbic." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Barron has clearly done her homework in the language and manners of Austen's time . . . [H]er latest venture edges out competing authors of Regency whodunits."--Kirkus Reviews "[A] good double closed house mystery and an engaging historical novel, with careful descriptions of Georgian Christmas customs." --Booklist Stephanie Barron was born in Binghamton, New York, the last of six girls. She attended Princeton and Stanford Universities, where she studied history, before going on to work as an intelligence analyst at the CIA. She wrote her first book in 1992 and left the Agency a year later. Since then, she has written sixteen books. She lives and works in Denver, Colorado.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 2, 2016
    ISBN9781501904486
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    • 4/5
      Yep, I still deeply enjoy this series. Yep, it was another fascinating mystery set in a well-depicted Austenian setting. It was excellent, and my only fear whenever I read along with Jane's further adventures is that she may reach the end of her short life. I can only hope it turns out to be a faked death when the time comes, but I strongly appreciate Barron's willingness to eke out as much adventure as possible in the canvas she's chosen.

      Advanced Reader's Copy provided by Edelweiss.
    • 4/5
      November, 1815 has arrived and Jane Austen is staying in London with her brother Henry. She has been invited by the chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to tour Carlton House and especially the library. In the library they discover a dying man, a Colonel MacFarland. Events lead Jane to discover a map. But a map of what.
      An entertaining and enjoyable well-written cozy mystery
    • 4/5
      Jane is back and manages to get embroiled in a murder. There are a number of red herrings that make the ending quite amusing. Lord Trowbridge is still sadly missed but there is a new interest in Mr. West. Jane is an engaging fictional character.