{"product_id":"godmersham-park-the-sunday-times-t","title":"Gill Hornby: Godmersham Park: The Sunday Times top ten bestseller by the acclaimed author of Miss Austen [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003enumber one bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003ea powerful and moving novel featuring Jane Austen's closest friend and confidante ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Displays a keen sense of wit and rich characterisation ... a thoroughly enjoyable book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So envious of anyone yet to read this. A triumph!' \u003c\/b\u003eNigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterly piece of storytelling.' \u003c\/b\u003eHelena Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The great writer is brought to life in this clever, well-researched piece of fiction' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoroughly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eGodmersham Park\u003c\/i\u003e has some of the same understated wit and sharp observation as Austen's novels' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly evening, 1804: Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlone and desperately in need of an independent income, she is to become a governess to twelve-year-old Fanny Austen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut her new role in this large household where she is neither a servant nor a member of the family is an awkward one, and Anne is keenly aware that one wrong move may result in her instant dismissal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth take an immediate interest in the pretty, clever governess, and Anne quickly becomes drawn into the above-stairs life of the Austen family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon, and despite her best efforts, she finds she is falling in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut has her survival at Godmersham Park just become a good deal more precarious?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore love for \u003ci\u003eGodmersham Park \u003c\/i\u003e...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If you love Jane Austen you're sure to enjoy Gill Hornby's stylish glimpse into the life of young governess Anne Sharp ... this elegantly written tale skilfully recreates a world where governesses are midway between the family upstairs and the servants downstairs.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly absorbing and illuminating ... Gill Hornby's best book yet.' \u003c\/b\u003eEsther Freud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I read it straight through without looking up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Joy Fowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Meticulously researched, Hornby's absorbing novel revels in the joys and tensions of life above and below stairs.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An invigorating riff on an author whose life and works keep on giving, and an ideal companion for your beach towel this summer.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Metro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gill Hornby has created another winning tribute to the genius of Jane.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e and Gill Hornby ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect book to wrap yourself around on a dark night' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Celebrates unexamined lives, sisterhood and . . . kindness and loyalty' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel' \u003c\/b\u003eKAREN JOY FOWLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It won't surprise me if this is one of the books of the year' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRTE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An ingenious and affecting embroidery on the fact of the author's life' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMIRROR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e will enjoy this touching story' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary and heart-wrenching, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e transported me from page one' \u003c\/b\u003eLARA PRESCOTT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tender and touching . . . 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