Book Info
Name Of Book : The Marriage Season
Author : Jane Dunn
Publisher : Boldwood Books
Publication Date : 26 January, 2023
No. of Pages : 338
Format : Netgalley ARC
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There is no specific reason for choosing the book, The Marriage Season by Jane Dunn. I was reading a lot of mystery and thrillers and wanted to read something different, so, downloaded the book.
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Author Introduction
After a career writing biographies, with pleasure and some success, Jane have recently discovered the joy of writing historical fiction, specifically set in the Regency in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Her first novel of a series, 'The Marriage Season', is published in January 2023.
Janes love of this period dates back to her first biography, of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, when she met the poets, Shelley and Byron and the young romantics navigating their way in a dynamic and fast changing world. It delights her that the characters and stories in 'The Marriage Season', and the subsequent novels, exist in their historic context with language and mores they would have understood at the time.
Dunn's biographies are: 'Moon in Eclipse: A Life of Mary Shelley'; 'A Very Close Conspiracy: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf'; 'Antonia White: A Life'. 'Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens' spent seven weeks in the top ten of the Sunday Times bestseller list. This was followed by 'Read my Heart: Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, a Love Story in the Age of Revolution' and then 'Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters'.
Jane Dunn lives with her husband, the Classicist, Nicholas Ostler, in Berkshire.
Blurb
In Regency England, marriage is everything. For young widow Sybella Lovatt, the time has come to find a suitable husband for her sister and ward Lucie. Male suitors are scarce near their Wiltshire estate, so the sisters resolve to head to London in time for the Season to begin.
Once ensconced at the Mayfair home of Lady Godley, Lucie’s godmother, the whirl of balls, parties and promenades can begin. But the job of finding a husband is fraught with rules and tradition. Jostling for attention are the two lords – the charming and irresistible Freddie Lynwood and the preternaturally handsome Valentine Ravenell, their enigmatic neighbour from Shotten Hall, Mr Brabazon, and the dangerous libertine Lord Rockliffe, with whom the brooding Brabazon is locked in deadly rivalry.
Against the backdrop of glamorous Regency England, Sybella must settle Lucie’s future, protect her own reputation, and resist the disreputable rakes determined to seduce the beautiful widow. As the Season ends, will the sisters have found the rarest of things – a suitable marriage with a love story to match?
My Opinion
The Marriage Season by Jane Dunn takes you back to Bridgerton Era with its story. There is everything in the plot, Love, Rivalry and Emotions. For me the book was a very different experience as I normally don't read romance. Especially, I loved the characters. The female characters are strong and they know their life is not easy. Also, they are not taking things for granted. I really enjoyed the book.
Definitely 4 stars for the book. Thanks to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for providing me an opportunity to read and review the book.
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