{"product_id":"elopement","title":"Elopement","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new regency romance from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGodmersham Park \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major BBC TV series\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Has \u003cb\u003eall the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eGripping \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e and also so \u003cb\u003esharp\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e. I loved it!' Sabine Durrant, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLie with Me\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e-----------------\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward - a man of strict principles and high Christian values. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary's life is suddenly changed.\u003cbr\u003eHer 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e-----------------\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Elopement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Hornby's Austen books are\u003cb\u003e funny, bittersweet family sagas, \u003c\/b\u003e impeccably researched and \u003cb\u003elavishly imagined\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eTremendous\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Darker than \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e but rendered with her \u003cb\u003echaracteristic lightness of touch and quick wit\u003c\/b\u003e' Nigella Lawson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Has \u003cb\u003eall Austen's wit\u003c\/b\u003e and unnerving powers of observation with an \u003cb\u003eextra twenty-first century zap\u003c\/b\u003e' Ferdinand Mount, prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBig Ceasars and Little Caesars\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFew writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e' Karen Joy Fowler, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ecaptivating \u003c\/b\u003ereturn to the world of the Austens' \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Combines \u003cb\u003emeticulous period research\u003c\/b\u003e with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders are loving\u003ci\u003e The Elopement: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I was \u003cb\u003ehooked \u003c\/b\u003efrom the first page' 5-star reader review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I \u003cb\u003eloved every minute\u003c\/b\u003e of this novel' 5-star reader review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of the \u003cb\u003ebest books I've read this year\u003c\/b\u003e. 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