Helpful Score: 2
I absolutely loved this book although the time travel element seemed contrived, and the ending was tied up too quickly. But a very enjoyable literary romance indeed.
Helpful Score: 1
Interesting book, with a Jane Austin character, Mr. Darcy, in a romantic "time-travel" story. A fun, easy read.
Helpful Score: 1
For the fans of Pride and Prejudice or for the people with secret crushes on Colin Firth this book takes a fantasy look at how Fitzwilliam Darcy came to be in Jane Austen's book. It all starts with a faded, antique letter. Its a love story from past and present and quite a good read. It has all the romance and all the passion and even mimics Elizabeth & Darcy's relationship throughout the story.
Helpful Score: 1
From Barnes and Noble:
When New York artist Eliza Knight buys an old vanity table one lazy Sunday afternoon, she has no idea of its history. Tucked away behind the mirror are two letters. One is sealed; the other, dated May 1810, is addressed to "Dearest Jane" from "F. Darcy"-as in Fitzwilliam Darcy, the fictional hero of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Could one of literature's most compelling characters been a real person? More intriguing still, scientific testing proves that the second, sealed letter was written by Jane herself.
Caught between the routine of her present life and these incredible discoveries from the past, Eliza decides to look deeper and is drawn to a majestic, 200-year-old estate in Virginia's breathtaking Shenandoah Valley. There she meets the man who may hold the answer to this extraordinary puzzle. Now, as the real story of Fitzwilliam Darcy unfolds, Eliza finds her life has become a modern-day romance, one that perhaps only Jane herself could have written.
When New York artist Eliza Knight buys an old vanity table one lazy Sunday afternoon, she has no idea of its history. Tucked away behind the mirror are two letters. One is sealed; the other, dated May 1810, is addressed to "Dearest Jane" from "F. Darcy"-as in Fitzwilliam Darcy, the fictional hero of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Could one of literature's most compelling characters been a real person? More intriguing still, scientific testing proves that the second, sealed letter was written by Jane herself.
Caught between the routine of her present life and these incredible discoveries from the past, Eliza decides to look deeper and is drawn to a majestic, 200-year-old estate in Virginia's breathtaking Shenandoah Valley. There she meets the man who may hold the answer to this extraordinary puzzle. Now, as the real story of Fitzwilliam Darcy unfolds, Eliza finds her life has become a modern-day romance, one that perhaps only Jane herself could have written.
Really fun light reading. Creative plot!
Not bad, good vacation book.
