Death comes to Pemberley
P.D. James has based this novel on Pride and prejudice, written by Jane Austen, and upon the characters within it. Six years after her marriage, Elizabeth Darcy is happily living with her husband and two sons at Pemberley, when, after the end of their annual autumn ball, an uninvited guest arrives in a chaise from the woods surrounding the estate screaming that her husband has been murdered, thereby shattering Elizabeth's peaceful life.
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Spouses > England > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > England > Fiction. Great Britain > History > 1800-1837 > Fiction. Hertfordshire (England) > Fiction. England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction. |
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Detective and mystery fiction. Regency fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0307362035
- ISBN: 9780307362032
- ISBN: 9781400026470
- ISBN: 9780307362049
- Physical Description 291 pages
- Publisher Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2011.
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Death Comes to Pemberley
In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice , P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction. The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome, healthy sons in the Pemberley nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live within seventeen miles, the ordered and secure life of Pemberley seems unassailable, and Elizabeth's happiness in her marriage is complete. But their peace is threatened and old sins and misunderstandings are rekindled on the eve of the annual autumn ball. The Darcys and their guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland, and as it pulls up, Lydia Wickham, an uninvited guest, tumbles out, screaming that her husband has been murdered. Death Comes to Pemberley is a powerful work of fiction, as rich in its compelling story, in its evocation of place, and its gripping psychological and emotional insight, as the very best of P. D. James. She brings us back masterfully and with delight to much-loved characters, illuminating the happy but threatened marriage of the Darcys with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly crafted mystery.