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Jane and the Waterloo Map

Being a Jane Austen Mystery

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The 13th installment in Stephanie Barron's fan favorite Being a Jane Austen Mystery series. Between novels, Victorian England's most beloved author doubles as a sleuth in often idyllic locales.

November 1815. The Battle of Waterloo has left the British economy in shreds; Henry Austen, Jane's favorite brother, is about to declare bankruptcy. The crisis destroys Henry's health, and Jane flies to his London bedside.

While she is there, the Reverend James Stanier Clarke, chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, invites Jane to Carlton House, the Prince's fabulous London home. Jane only accepts because many of Henry's bad loans were given by the Prince Regent's cronies. She hopes to intercede with the Regent on Henry's behalf, but before she can speak to him, she stumbles upon a dying man in the library - Colonel Ivor MacFarland, who, with a knife in his entrails, utters a single failing phrase: "the Waterloo map"...and Jane is on the hunt for a treasure of incalculable value and a killer of considerable cunning.

©2016 Stephanie Barron (P)2016 Recorded Books Detective Historical Mystery Regency Regency Romance Romance Traditional Detectives England Fiction Royalty

Critic reviews

"[A]n excellent period mystery for all historical fiction fans...Jane Austen devotees will especially appreciate immersing themselves in the many biographical details about Austen that accompany the fictional murder mystery." ( Library Journal)
"Vivid characters propel the subtle plot to its surprising conclusion. The first-person narration captures Austen's tone as revealed in her letters: candid, loving, and occasionally acerbic." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Barron has clearly done her homework in the language and manners of Austen's time.... [H]er latest venture edges out competing authors of Regency whodunits." ( Kirkus Reviews)
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I really wish you could get more if the series in audible!!! Great story, interesting historical points and sympathetically done.

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Superb narration of a beautifully written and engaging mystery. I am delighted to have found this author.

Excellent

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Wonderful story and fabulous narration in the true spirit of Jane Austen! I stayed riveted to the audio book and had difficulty doing anything else until I had finished it.

Exceedingly excellent audio book! Must listen!

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Love Jane Austen and a bit of a mystery. Well read, interesting story set at a period I knew little about.

Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie!

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