SIX WEEKS BY THE SEA

Six Weeks by the Sea is a stunning novel by Jane austen's biographer. It's a gorgeously escapist novel about the summer the greatest romance novelist fell in love.

1801, Sidmouth. The Austen family descends upon a fashionable seaside resort in Devonshire for a six-week holiday. Jane's brother, Frank, is on leave from the Royal Navy, and dearly wishes to unite his sister with his friend Captain Peter Parker.

But another holidaymaker, a handsome stranger, catches sight of Jane and is determined to make her acquaintance. This rival to Captain Parker is Samuel Rose: a lawyer, literary man and abolitionist. As the weeks pass, Jane's relationship with both men brings about unexpected surprises.

Six Weeks by the Sea - Paula Byrne - 9780008753221