Godmersham Park
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  • Published: 12 April 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529158922
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99

Godmersham Park

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12 Apr 2023
EBook
23 Jun 2022
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23 Jun 2022
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From the number one bestselling author of Miss Austen, a powerful and moving novel featuring Jane Austen's closest friend and confidante ...

Early evening, 1804: Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent.

Alone and desperately in need of an independent income, she is to become a governess to twelve-year-old Fanny Austen.

But her new role in this large household where she is neither a servant nor a member of the family is an awkward one, and Anne is keenly aware that one wrong move may result in her instant dismissal.

Then dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay.

Both take an immediate interest in the pretty, clever governess, and Anne quickly becomes drawn into the above-stairs life of the Austen family.

Soon, and despite her best efforts, she finds she is falling in love.

But has her survival at Godmersham Park just become a good deal more precarious?
  • Published: 12 April 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529158922
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Gill Hornby

Gill Hornby is the author of the novels The Hive and All Together Now, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for young readers. She lives in Kintbury, Berkshire, with her husband and their four children.

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Also by Gill Hornby

Miss Austen
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Praise for Godmersham Park

So envious of anyone yet to read this. A triumph!

Nigella Lawson

A masterly piece of storytelling.

Helena Kelly

Utterly absorbing and illuminating. Written with a sure and stylish hand. Gill Hornby's best book yet.

Esther Freud

I read it straight through without looking up ... Godmersham Park provided me with a perfectly contented day.

Karen Joy Fowler

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

Meticulously researched, Hornby's absorbing novel revels in the joys and tensions of life above and below stairs.

Mail on Sunday