![]() ![]() Series fans will be happy to see more of Jane's extended family and friends, and Austenites will enjoy the imaginative power with which Barron spins another riveting mystery around a writer generally assumed to have led a quiet and uneventful life. as if you are stepping through the page into Regency England. Reviewing the Evidence This book is a delight for Jane Austen fans. ![]() This is a well-told story by an accomplished author. The crisis destroys Henry's health, and Jane. The Battle of Waterloo has come and gone, leaving the British economy in shreds Henry Austen, high-flying banker, is about to declare bankruptcy-dragging several of his brothers down with him. Jane joins forces with Raphael West, a painter who's also a government spy, in pursuit of a ruthless killer and the meaning of the colonel's cryptic last words. Jane and the Waterloo Map is a pleasant excursion into England of the early 1800s. Jane Austen turns sleuth in this delightful Regency-era mystery. Just before he expires, the colonel utters, "Waterloo map." From evidence at the scene, Jane determines that he was poisoned. Ewan McFarland, a hero of Waterloo, horribly sick on the floor of the library. While she awaits the proofs of Emma, she receives an invitation to Carlton House, the Prince Regent's London mansion, where she finds Col. In November 1815, Jane comes to London to attend to her favorite brother, Henry, who has fallen ill and is on the verge of bankruptcy. A well-crafted narrative with multiple subplots drives Barron's splendid 13th Jane Austen mystery (following 2014's Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas). ![]()
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