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by Alice McVeighPublish: Jun 30, 2021Series: Warleigh Hall Jane Austen Series (1)Historical Fiction

Book Overview

Susan is a Jane Austen Prequel (or Pride and Prejudice Variation) brilliantly capturing Austen's own Lady Susan as a young girl.

As the BookLife review put it for Publishers Weekly: "McVeigh's prose and plotting are pitch-perfect. Emma mingles with Pride and Prejudice in a delightful confrontation between the two boo... ks' worlds... This Austen-inspired novel echoes the master herself."

Familiar characters abound - Frank Churchill, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Darcy himself - but Susan - mischievous and manipulative - is the star. This is Austen that even Austen might have loved, with a touch of Georgette Heyer in the romantic sections.

Fans of Bridgerton will also relish this classic regency romance, the first in a six-book series.

Sixteen-year-old Susan Smithson - pretty but poor, clever but capricious - has just been expelled from a school for young ladies in London.At the mansion of the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she attracts a raffish young nobleman. But, at the first hint of scandal, her guardian dispatches her to her uncle Collins' rectory in Kent, where her sensible cousin Alicia lives and "where nothing ever happens."

Here Susan mischievously inspires the local squire to put on a play, with consequences no one could possibly have foreseen. What with the unexpected arrival of Frank Churchill, Alicia's falling in love and a tumultuous elopement, rural Kent will surely never seem safe again... read more

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BIOGRAPHY
Brilliantly-reviewed contemporary novelist with Orion. (Both novels about to be re-issued.)

McVeigh's Last Star Standing: Kirkus-starred. Runner-up in action/adventure in the Independent Press Awards. Finalist in visionary fiction in the International Book Awards. Currently finalist in CIBA's Cygnus Award. (... Used pen name Spaulding Taylor.)

McVeigh's Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (top-rated, 10/10 historical novelist in Publishers Weekly's BookLife Award (quarterfinalist) Also a Gold Medal winner in the Global Book Awards, the Pencraft Book Awards and the eLit Book Awards. Finalist in the Indie Excellence Book (historical fiction), the Wishing Shelf Award, and CIBA's Goethe Award (pre-1750 historical fiction).

McVeigh's new release, Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation. Finalist in the International Book Awards, has won Gold in the Global Book Awards, and was on March 28th starred review on Publishers Weekly. (Editor's Pick "outstanding"). Details on https://www.alicemcveigh.com.



Reviews of McVeigh’s contemporary novels:

The Sunday Times:

'Characters rise and fall to McVeigh’s superbly controlled conductor's baton. The orchestra becomes a universe in microcosm; all human life is here . . . McVeigh succeeds in harmonising a supremely comic tone with much darker notes.'

The Sunday Telegraph:

'McVeigh is a professional cellist and is thus able to describe with wry authority the extraordinary life of a London orchestra. This is a very enjoyable novel, and not quite as light as it pretends to be.' read more

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Book Awards and Achievements

  • BookLife Quarterfinalist
    2021

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

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  • Finalist in historical fiction
    2022

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

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  • Winner in historical fiction, eLit Book Awards
    2022

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

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  • finalist in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
    2021

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

    award
  • finalist in CIBA's Goethe Award
    2022

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

    award
  • Winner gold medal, Global Book Awards
    2021

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

    award
  • Reader's Favorite Award Winner, literary fiction
    2023

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

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  • starred editorial review, Publishers Weekly, Editor's Pick
    2021

    Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

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Book Detail
Title Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)
Series Warleigh Hall Jane Austen Series (1)
Author Alice McVeigh
ASIN B097RLKKFB
Publish Date 30, Jun 2021
Language English
Page Count 264
Cover Design designforwriters.com
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