Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - ISBN: 9781529158922
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Austen’s confidante, a governess, finds love and risk in high society.

Godmersham Park

The Sunday Times top ten bestseller by the acclaimed author of Miss Austen

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    12 April 2023

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Summary

From the number one bestselling author of Miss Austen, a powerful and moving novel featuring Jane Austen’s closest friend and confidante…

Early evening, 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent. Alone and desperately in need of an independent income, she is to become a governess to twelve-year-old Fanny Austen. But her new role in this large household, where she is neither a servant nor a member of the family, is an awkward one, and Anne is keenly aware that one wrong move…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529158922
ISBN-10:1529158923
Author:Gill Hornby
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:12 April 2023
Weight:308g
Dimensions:198mm x 131mm x 31mm
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Critics Review

So envious of anyone yet to read this. A triumph! * Nigella Lawson *A masterly piece of storytelling. * Helena Kelly *Utterly absorbing and illuminating. Written with a sure and stylish hand. Gill Hornby’s best book yet. * Esther Freud *I read it straight through without looking up … Godmersham Park provided me with a perfectly contented day. * Karen Joy Fowler *The great writer is brought to life in this clever, well-researched piece of fiction. * The Times *Thoroughly entertaining, Godmersham Park has some of the same understated wit and sharp observation as Austen’s novels. * Sunday Times *Meticulously researched, Hornby’s absorbing novel revels in the joys and tensions of life above and below stairs. * Mail on Sunday *

About The Author

Gill Hornby

Gill Hornby is the author of The Hive and All Together Now, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for younger readers. Her subsequent novels, Miss Austen and Godmersham Park were Sunday Times bestsellers, and Miss Austen is a four-part BBC adaptation starring Keely Hawes as Cassandra Austen. She is also the President of the Jane Austen Society. She lives in West Berkshire with her husband and four children.

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