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The Second Mrs. Darcy: A Novel Paperback – March 6 2007

by Elizabeth Aston (Author)
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The next adventure of the Darcy family from the author of Mr. Darcy's Daughters -- the story of a reluctant heiress who has been left a widow by Darcy's cousin Christopher.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a husband. So say the friends and family of impoverished widow Octavia Darcy when she unexpectedly inherits a fortune, but she has a different view and looks forward to a new life of independence.

Escaping from the efforts of her half brothers and sisters to marry her off, Octavia goes to Yorkshire to find out more about the family she never knew, and while she is there she meets and crosses swords with landowner and politician Sholto Rutherford.

When she returns to London to share a house with the dashing Lady Susan, Octavia, now secure in her new life, becomes caught up in the romantic problems of her niece. Then, the shadow of George Warren, the old nemesis of the Darcy family, falls over her, and she is threatened with the loss of both inheritance and reputation.

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  1. Book 4 of 6
    Darcy series
  2. Print length
    320 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Touchstone
  5. Publication date
    March 6 2007
  6. Dimensions
    13.34 x 2.03 x 20.32 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0743297296
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0743297295
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Aston's latest novel (after The True Darcy Spirit) focuses on another woman in the tradition of Elizabeth Bennet, Octavia Melbury. Tall and outspoken, Octavia fails to find a husband in London and is dispatched to India, where she is to live with relatives. There, she marries Capt. Christopher Darcy, but their happy union is cut short when he dies from an insect bite. Christopher's spiteful cousin, George Warren, nabs the estate and leaves Octavia with a pittance. However, a surprise and sizable inheritance comes Octavia's way, and she travels back to England, where she keeps mum about her newfound fortune while her conniving half-sister Theodosia schemes to marry her off. Octavia takes a shine to her smart, headstrong niece, Penelope, who, in turn, fancies a man of lower stature than her mother will accept. Not so for Octavia, whose rocky repartee with Lord Sholto Rutherford matures, inevitably, into love. Meanwhile, George realizes Christopher's inheritance isn't as large as he had thought and plots to steal Octavia's fortune. Aston's villains may be one-note wicked, but the lengths to which their puerile greed sends them make for good reading. Fans of the series will enjoy this chronicle of reversals of fortune. (Mar.)
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About the Author

Elizabeth Aston is a passionate Jane Austen fan who studied with Austen biographer Lord David Cecil at Oxford. The author of several novels, including Mr. Darcy's Daughters and Mr. Darcy's Dream, she lives in England and Italy.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Touchstone (March 6 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743297296
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743297295
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 303 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 2.03 x 20.32 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 182 ratings

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  1. Elizabeth Aston

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    I was born in Chile to an impeccably English father and a distinctly un-English Argentine mother. Educated by Benedictine nuns in Calcutta, Fabians in London, and Inklings at Oxford University, I'm now back in Oxford after spending several years in Italy.

    My books include the bestselling Darcy series - six romantic comedies and a novella set in the world of Jane Austen, and a contemporary novel, Writing Jane Austen. These were inspired by my love of Jane Austen - her heroes, her heroines and her wicked sense of humour.

    My Mountjoy novels depict the unholy, unquiet, and frequently unseemly goings-on of the Mountjoys of Mountjoy castle and their circle of friends and family, enhanced with a touch of magic and enchantment–I've always been fascinated by what lies just beyond our sight.

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  2. Elizabeth Edmondson

    Elizabeth Edmondson

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    I write what I like to call Vintage Mysteries, since they're set in the nineteen-thirties, forties and fifties.

    They're stories of love and marriage, families and friendship, in which the loyalties, feuds, secrets and betrayals of the past cast long shadows into the present.

    I'm fascinated by characters who are quirky, mysterious, funny, unexpected and interesting and I want readers to share, as I do, in their joys and sorrows.

    With dramatic and glamorous settings from icy lakes to Italian villas, from wintry Budapest to fashionable France, from Cornwall to the Lake District, the landscapes are as powerful as the stories are complex.

    The tense realities of life mingle with supernatural elements : ghosts, prophetic dreams and voices from the past, but fun and humour also dance in and out of the light and darkness of the stories.

    My aim is to enthral, delight and amuse readers as they are transported to a different era.

    A review posted by a reader said my books take you out of the daily world and make the impossible seem possible--that's just what I want to do.

    I also write as Elizabeth Aston, and if you enjoyed VILLA IN ITALY, you might also enjoy VOLCANIC AIRS, which is set on an idyllic Sicilian island. It's one of the books in my Mountjoy series, so please visit my other author page and check out those books.

    A few biographical details: I was born in Chile, have lived in India and Italy and now live in Oxford, where I went to university--and where I've recently taken up bell-ringing.

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Ron
5.0 out of 5 stars Good story
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Good story. The writer has the genre to a tea
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Mel williams
4.0 out of 5 stars sweet!
Reviewed in Australia on August 20, 2023
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I don’t read period romances often; they’re too slow for me. But this was a sweet, slow burn romance with some fun name drops around.
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dee
5.0 out of 5 stars MS ASTONS BEST SO FAR
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2008
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I have read all of the "Darcy" novels, and this being the best so far. I think the farther away from Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam we get the more believable the characters are.I had a hard time in the earlier books accepting that Elizabeth Darcy would leave her daughters at such a critical time as thier coming out, to someone elses oversite esp. in respect to facing complete ruin due to her own sisters behavior at that age. I also would think that Elizabeth would have more insight into her own daughters temperments and would have been a better correspondent...suspending that, the earlier books were pleasant, but not nearly as good as the "Second Mrs Darcy". Even if you have not read any of the sequels, this book is completely enjoyable.
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R. Anne Marie
5.0 out of 5 stars que du bonheur
Reviewed in France on October 15, 2009
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Que du bonheur avec une héroïne de la famille "Darcy", qui traverse des épreuves et des tracas avec courage ! les traîtres , les rebondissements les dénouements inattendus, c"est très agréable à lire . les personnages sont attachants et on accompagne l'héroïne jusqu'à la fin!! Très facile à lire, en anglais!
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ArkansasAustenFan
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story about a strong lady in the Darcy future that is worth knowing...reminds me of Lizzy...Very good author
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Octavia Darcy is a delightful character of strength and grace who returns from India as a recent widow and decides that with her new fortune she need not marry and subject herself to the control of another husband. I love the fact that she does not shy away from placing her own political "man" in Parliament to better service the interest of her tenants and her estate. No only does she attract the attention of a "George Wickham" look alike snake, but she also seems to be on the mind of a very influential Lord of the Realm.

I like the friends she develops and her companion, however, I would have liked a little more "story" at the end. It seemed to end abruptly. We can use our own imaginations to develop where the story should go, but it would have been nice for the author to tie it up with a nice bow for us.

I do not shy away from novels that are based on characters other than those Jane developed in P&P. We know that the family grew and there were many stories to come from the Darcy clan. I suggest the readers start with the Darcy Daughters and move down the list to this novel, though is is not required. A lot of the characters in this story will be easier to trace back to our Darcy family in the earlier books.
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