Three women two families one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new
regency romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Godmersham Park and Miss Austen
now a major BBC TV series . 'A richly imagined family saga love story and social comedy '
Times ' Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny . I loved it!' Sabine Durrant
bestselling author of Lie with Me 'Has all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel ' Red
----------------- 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of
a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' 1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the
sole charge of her widowed father Sir Edward - a man of strict principles and high Christian
values. But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park Mary's life is
suddenly changed. Her new stepmother comes from a large happy and sociable family and Fanny's
sisters become Mary's first friends. Her aunt Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton is especially
kind. Her brothers are not only amusing but handsome and charming. And as Mary Dorothea
starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in
particular. Soon they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition.
After all each is from a good family and has known the other for some years. It promises to
be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way? ----------------- Praise
for The Elopement : 'Hornby's Austen books are funny bittersweet family sagas impeccably
researched and lavishly imagined ' The Times ' Tremendous . . . Darker than Miss Austen but
rendered with her characteristic lightness of touch and quick wit ' Nigella Lawson 'Has all
Austen's wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap '
Ferdinand Mount prize-winning author of Big Ceasars and Little Caesars ' Few writers are as
perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby ' Karen Joy Fowler international bestselling
author of The Jane Austen Book Club 'A captivating return to the world of the Austens' Woman
& Home 'Combines meticulous period research with a fine feeling for the characters' inner
lives hopes and fears' Daily Mail Readers are loving The Elopement: 'I was hooked from the
first page' 5-star reader review 'I loved every minute of this novel' 5-star reader review
'One of the best books I've read this year . It's a delight - by turns refreshing funny
romantic poignant and touching ' 5-star reader review ' Full of warmth wit and suspense '
5-star reader review 'It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in
the Austen world and did not want it to end ' 5-star reader review
