First Impressions - Softcover

Charlie Lovett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846883385 ISBN 13: 9781846883385

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

A novel about old books, young love and Jane Austen. Book lover and Jane Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has barely started her new job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure publication: the second edition of Little Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their enquiry draws Sophie into a web of mystery surrounding the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice, with ultimately dangerous consequences. In a narrative that alternates between Sophie's quest, which also sees her dealing with several love interests on the way, and the young Jane Austen's touching friendship with the ageing cleric Richard Mansfield, Lovett - who first delighted readers with his bestselling debut The Bookman's Tale - weaves a romantic, suspenseful and compelling novel about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books.

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Review:

'An inventive tale with elements of romance and suspense, wrapped around a bookish mystery that will please lovers of old libraries and Austen fans.' -- Deborah Harkness

'Fast-paced and... great fun!' --The Good Book Guide

About the Author:

Charlie Lovett is a writer, teacher, and playwright, whose plays for children have been seen in more than three thousand productions. He is a former antiquarian bookseller and an avid book collector. His first novel The Bookman's Tale was published by Alma Books in 2013.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1846883385
• ISBN 13: 9781846883385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300