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Authors: Elizabeth Aston

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Elizabeth Aston is a passionate Jane Austen devotee who studied English at Oxford. Her parents named her after the heroine of
Pride and Prejudice
. She lives in Oxford and Italy with her family. For more information, go to elizabeth-aston.com.

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‘Those who enjoy Austen will certainly enjoy Aston's work, as will historical readers who want an engaging plot and characters'

Library Journal

‘In the mode of Heyer and Austen, Elizabeth Aston … comments on the period with affection, respect and a ready wit.'

Good Book Guide

‘This novel is written with grace, charm and wit … It is an entertaining, engaging and engrossing romp through Regency London that sparkles like the champagne which is opened at the end of the novel'

Historical Novels Review

‘Good reading. Fans of the series will enjoy this chronicle of reversals of fortune'

Publishers Weekly

‘Light, frothy fun'

Bookseller

‘A fine Regency romp'

Publishing News

The True Darcy Spirit

This novel is entirely a work of fiction.
The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are
the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to
actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is
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