PRE-ORDER NOW: The new novel from the bestselling author of Miss Austen and Godmersham Park coming soon! 'Has all Austen's wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount 'Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby' Karen Joy Fowler 'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!' Sabine Durrant ____________ 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