The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

McCullough, Colleen

ISBN 10: 0792760182 ISBN 13: 9780792760184

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Readers of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will remember that there were five Bennet sisters. Now, twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind; Kitty is much in demand in London’s parlours and ballrooms; but what of Mary?

Mary is quietly celebrating her independence, having nursed her ailing mother for many years. She decides to write a book to bring the plight of the poor to everyone’s attention. But with more resolve than experience, as she sets out to travel around the country, it’s not only her family who are concerned about her. Marriage may be far from her mind, but what if she were to meet the one man whose own fiery articles infuriate the politicians and industrialists? And if when she starts to ask similar questions, she unwittingly places herself in great danger?

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Review:

Praise for ‘Antony and Cleopatra’:

‘An irresistible read’
Daily Mail

‘Full of passion, greed, intrigue and betrayal...a thoroughly entertaining read’
Glasgow Herald

Praise for Colleen McCullough:

‘Fast-moving and immensely readable...this book is a page turner from start to finish’ Maeve Binchy

'McCullough piles on the drama' Daily Mail

'Sizzling family drama stuffed with passion, tragedy, love and sex' More

'Absorbing’ Sunday Telegraph

'Compelling, passionate and gritty' She

'Probes the depths of the human heart in a haunting, multi-layered novel' Good Book Guide

'Deliciously addictive...a classic tale of wealth and power–an engrossing read' Sainsbury's magazine

About the Author:

Colleen McCullough, a neuroscientist by training, worked in various Sydney and English hospitals before settling into 10 years of research and teaching in the Department of Neurology at the Yale Medical School in the USA. In 1974 her first novel, ‘Tim’ was published in New York, followed by ‘The Thorn Birds’ in 1977 and a string of successful novels, including the Masters of Rome series. She lives in Norfolk Island, with her husband, Ric Robinson, and a cat named Shady.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0792760182
• ISBN 13: 9780792760184
• Binding: Audio CD