Historical Manners

Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and Maid of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation, returns with a rich, sparkling memoir told through an A to Z of her life. From affairs of the heart and Basil’s Bar to dinners with the King and the art of entertaining each chapter reveals a vivid moment of joy, mischief or resilience.

How would the story of Pride and Prejudice be altered if Mr. Wickham had been a good man? Instead of becoming a scoundrel who regularly attempts to elope with teenage girls, Mr. Wickham studies the law as he originally told Mr. Darcy when he gave up the value of the living. After finishing his studies, Mr. Wickham finds work in Meryton with Mr. Phillips, a local solicitor and the Bennets's uncle.

Hannah Miles navigates the etiquette of monster hunting through the parlours of a magical Regency England. This collection contains: Manners and Monsters, Galvanism and Ghouls, and Gossip and Gorgons.

It is a truth universally accepted that well-bred members of society are not beleaguered with magic. For Elsabeth Dover and her sisters, that truth means living in a perpetual state of caution, never using their sorcerous gifts in public. Elsabeth chafes under the stricture, although not enough to risk the possibility of good marriages for her sisters...until she meets handsome, arrogant Fitzgerald Archer

Miss Elizabeth Bennet, headstrong and witty, is about to unleash her undying admiration onto one unsuspecting Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy has one mission: To find the lady who bewitched him at the masquerade. Unfortunately, he is clueless to the fact that the masked Queen Elizabeth and Miss Elizabeth are one and the same, which naturally leads him to put his foot in his mouth—repeatedly—until nothing but the consumption of an unrivalled amount of humble pie will redeem him.

Kästners berühmte Komödie Drei Männer im Schnee - und dazu der 'Urtext' Inferno im Hotel, eine Erzählung Kästners, die 1927 in einer Zeitung erschien und ihm später als Vorlage für den Roman diente. Dieser Text war seit über 80 Jahren vergessen. Im Sommer 1927 saß Erich Kästner in einer Zeitungsredaktion und musste Einsendungen zu einem Preisausschreiben prüfen. Gut möglich, dass Kästner dabei erfuhr, dass die Gewinner eines Preisausschreibens nicht immer den Erwartungen derer entsprechen, die die Preise aussetzen.

Bernried am Starnberger See, 1939: Als der Zweite Weltkrieg beginnt, sind Wilhelm Lehmann und Paul-Friedrich von Falkenbach voller Sorge, was das für Deutschland und ihre Familien bedeutet. Nie soll ihren Söhnen widerfahren, was sie selbst erleben mussten. Unterdessen ist Wilhelmine von Falkenbach erleichtert, weil sie einen Brief von Martin bekommen hat. Er lebt! Gibt es doch noch Hoffnung auf ein Wiedersehen? Ihre Schwägerin Clara hingegen ist völlig verzweifelt: Sie, die niemals Kinder haben wollte, ist schwanger. Ihr Mann Gustav soll auf keinen Fall etwas davon erfahren.

Everyone in Highley eagerly anticipates the arrival of Reginald Abernathy, the new master of Albon Manor. Everyone, that is, except Lord William Bascomb. William knows he’ll be expected to woo Reginald’s sister, and he can't summon the interest for it. But when the Abernathys arrive at last, William discovers he’s interested after all - in Reginald. Reginald is the most handsome, most dashing, most intriguing man he’s ever known. Better yet, he seems to share William's preference for men.

A visit to relatives in Newport is supposed to give Sylvia time to rest and consider the latest revelation about Miles' past. But when a picnic hosted by the local yacht club ends with a mysterious death, Sylvia is drawn into a dangerous investigation.