Gill Hornby

Vernaja khranitelnitsa nasledija Dzhejn Ostin, ee starshaja sestra Kassandra, vozvraschaetsja v Kintberi s tajnoj missiej - najti i unichtozhit pisma, sposobnye brosit ten na bezuprechnuju reputatsiju velikoj pisatelnitsy. V sheleste pozheltevshikh stranits ozhivaet proshloe: bezzabotnyj smekh junosti, pervye kljatvy, golosa ushedshikh vozljublennykh, gorech nevospolnimykh utrat i tajny, kotorye sestry doverjali lish drug drugu. Dzhill Khornbi s masterstvom istorika i chutkostju khudozhnika risuet dostovernuju kartinu zhizni semi Ostin. Vykhodja za ramki traditsionnogo biograficheskogo romana, avtor daet golos Kassandre - svidetelnitse stanovlenija i rastsveta unikalnogo talanta Dzhejn. Velikolepnyj roman o "nevidimom" trude, vnutrennej sile i bezgranichnoj ljubvi, kotoraja perepisyvaet proshloe, ostavljaja tolko samye svetlye glavy.

Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new regency romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Godmersham Park and Miss Austen, now a major BBC TV series.‘A richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy’ Times'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!’ Sabine Durrant, bestselling author of Lie with Me‘Has all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel’ Red -----------------‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward – a man of strict principles and high Christian values.But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed.Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny’s sisters become Mary’s first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming.And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular.Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years.It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?-----------------Praise for The Elopement:‘Hornby’s Austen books are funny, bittersweet family sagas, impeccably researched and lavishly imagined’ The Times 'Tremendous . . . Darker than Miss Austen but rendered with her characteristic lightness of touch and quick wit' Nigella Lawson'Has all Austen’s wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount, prize-winning author of Big Ceasars and Little Caesars‘Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby’ Karen Joy Fowler, international bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club‘A captivating return to the world of the Austens’ Woman & Home‘Combines meticulous period research with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears’ Daily MailReaders are loving The Elopement:'I was hooked from the first page' 5-star reader review'I loved every minute of this novel' 5-star reader review‘One of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s a delight - by turns refreshing, funny, romantic, poignant and touching’ 5-star reader review‘Full of warmth, wit and suspense’ 5-star reader review'It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in the Austen world and did not want it to end' 5-star reader review

Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new regency romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Godmersham Park and Miss Austen, now a major BBC TV series.‘A richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy’ Times'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!’ Sabine Durrant, bestselling author of Lie with Me‘Has all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel’ Red -----------------‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward – a man of strict principles and high Christian values.But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed.Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny’s sisters become Mary’s first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming.And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular.Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years.It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?-----------------Praise for The Elopement:‘Hornby’s Austen books are funny, bittersweet family sagas, impeccably researched and lavishly imagined’ The Times 'Tremendous . . . Darker than Miss Austen but rendered with her characteristic lightness of touch and quick wit' Nigella Lawson'Has all Austen’s wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount, prize-winning author of Big Ceasars and Little Caesars‘Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby’ Karen Joy Fowler, international bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club‘A captivating return to the world of the Austens’ Woman & Home‘Combines meticulous period research with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears’ Daily MailReaders are loving The Elopement:'I was hooked from the first page' 5-star reader review'I loved every minute of this novel' 5-star reader review‘One of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s a delight - by turns refreshing, funny, romantic, poignant and touching’ 5-star reader review‘Full of warmth, wit and suspense’ 5-star reader review'It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in the Austen world and did not want it to end' 5-star reader review

PRE-ORDER NOW: The new novel from the bestselling author of Miss Austen and Godmersham Park coming soon!'Has all Austen's wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount'Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby' Karen Joy Fowler'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!' Sabine Durrant____________1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward - a man of strict principles and high Christian values.But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary's life is suddenly changed.Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny's sisters become Mary's first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming.And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular.Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years.It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?____________Readers are loving The Elopement!'It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in the Austen world and did not want it to end.''I was hooked from the first page.''Sharply observed, well researched and wonderfully told''I loved every minute of this novel''A gem'

NOW A MAJOR SERIES ON BBC ONE AND BBC iPLAYER STARRING KEELEY HAWES 'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved' Observer'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining - I adored it' Claire Tomalin'Celebrates unexamined lives, sisterhood and virtues such as kindness and loyalty' Sunday Times'Sparkling novel' Daily Mail'I read the book and laughed and sobbed' Keeley Hawes___________Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all?1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles.She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed.As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity?Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.___________'The perfect book to wrap yourself around on a dark night' STYLIST'This is a deeply imagined and deeply moving novel' KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of The Jane Austen Bookclub'It's a delight, one of those that you don't want to end.' RTE'A charming novel' SUNDAY MIRROR'Hornby brings to life the Austen family, using the known to speculate on what might have been' THE TIMES Audio Book of the Week'Extraordinary and heart-wrenching' LARA PRESCOTT, author of The Secrets We Kept'Gill Hornby ingeniously imagines what Cassandra Austen's own life might have been like.' DEIRDRE LE FAYE, editor of Jane Austen's Letters'Tender and touching' DAILY MAIL'Utterly absorbing' ARTEMIS COOPER'Delightful' SUE RYAN, founder of Henley Lit Fest___________Loved Miss Austen? Check out Gill Hornby's wonderful new novel, The Elopement!

From the number one bestselling author of Miss Austen, a powerful and moving novel featuring Jane Austen's closest friend and confidante . . .* Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month *'So envious of anyone yet to read this. A triumph!' Nigella Lawson'A masterly piece of storytelling.' Helena Kelly'The great writer is brought to life in this clever, well-researched piece of fiction' The Times'Thoroughly entertaining, Godmersham Park has some of the same understated wit and sharp observation as Austen's novels' Sunday Times'Displays a keen sense of wit and rich characterisation ... a thoroughly enjoyable book' Observer________________January 1804: Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess.At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. But her mother has died and she desperately needs an independent income if she is to survive.For her new charge, twelve-year-old Fanny Austen, Anne's arrival is all novelty and excitement.But Anne is keenly aware that her new role is an awkward one: she is neither one of the servants nor one of the family, and to balance a position between the 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' members of the household is a diplomatic chess game. One wrong move may result in her instant dismissal.She has just begun to settle into her position when dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay.Both take an immediate interest in the pretty, clever governess who quickly becomes drawn into the above stairs life of the Austen family.Despite her best endeavours, Anne finds that she is beginning to fall in love. But has her survival at Godmersham Park just become a good deal more precarious?________________More love for Godmersham Park . . .'If you love Jane Austen you're sure to enjoy Gill Hornby's stylish glimpse into the life of young governess Anne Sharp.' The Independent'Utterly absorbing and illuminating ... Gill Hornby's best book yet.' Esther Freud'I read it straight through without looking up.' Karen Joy Fowler'Meticulously researched, Hornby's absorbing novel revels in the joys and tensions of life above and below stairs.' Mail on Sunday'An invigorating riff on an author whose life and works keep on giving, and an ideal companion for your beach towel this summer.' Metro'Gill Hornby has created another winning tribute to the genius of Jane.' Woman________________Loved Godmersham Park? Check out Gill Hornby's wonderful new novel, The Elopement!Sunday Times bestseller, January 2023

Soon to be a MAJOR SERIES on PBS Masterpiece A #1 International BESTSELLER "A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts." --KAREN JOY FOWLERA WITTY, WONDERFULLY ORIGINAL novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. Two decades after the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury and the home of her family friends, the Fowles. In a dusty corner of the vicarage, there is a cache of Jane's letters that Cassandra is desperate to find. Dodging her hostess and a meddlesome housemaid, Cassandra eventually hunts down the letters and confronts the secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but about Cassandra herself. Will Cassandra bare the most private details of her life to the world, or commit her sister's legacy to the flames? Moving back and forth between the vicarage and Cassandra's vibrant memories of her years with Jane, interwoven with Jane's brilliantly reimagined lost letters, Miss Austen is the untold story of the most important person in Jane's life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra her due, bringing to life a woman as captivating as any Austen heroine.

The small town of Bridgeford is in crisis. Downtown is deserted, businesses are closing, and the idea of civic pride seems old-fashioned to residents rushing through the streets to get somewhere else. Bridgeford seems to have lost its heart. But there is one thing that just might unite the community -- music. The local choir, a group generally either ignored or mocked by most of Bridgeford's inhabitants, is preparing for an important contest, and to win it they need new members, and a whole new sound. Enlisting (some may say drafting) singers, who include a mother suffering from empty-nest syndrome, a middle-aged man who has just lost his job and his family, and a nineteen-year-old waitress who dreams of reality-TV stardom, the choir regulars must find -- and make -- harmony with neighbors they've been happy not to know for years. Can they all learn to work together, save the choir, and maybe even save their town in the process? All Together Now is a poignant and charming novel about community, family, falling in love -- and the big rewards of making a small change.

A warm-hearted, uplifting novel about the joys of singing, falling in love and finding your own, true voice - from the author of the bestselling THE HIVE

There's only room for one Queen Bee: A hilarious and touching novel about the social world of school mothers. It's the start of another school year at St. Ambrose. While the children are busy in the classroom, their mothers are learning sharper lessons. Lessons in friendship. Lessons in betrayal. Lessons in the laws of community, the transience of power...and how to get invited to lunch. Beatrice -- undisputed queen bee. Ruler, by Divine Right, of all school fundraising, this year, last year, and, surely, for many to come. Heather -- desperate to volunteer, desperate to be noticed, desperate to belong. Georgie -- desperate for a cigarette. And Rachel -- watching them all, keeping her distance. But soon to discover taht the line between amused observer and miserable outcast is a thin one. The Hive is a wickedly funny and brilliantly observed story about female friendship, power plays, and the joys and perils (well, mainly perils) of trying to do one's part.

Welcome to St Ambrose Primary School. A world of friendships, fights and feuding. And that's just the mothers...