From one of Austen’s biographers, here is an entertaining novel in which Jane and her family are on holiday in Sidmouth in 1801, where her naval brother is on leave and handsome strangers stroll along the boulevards.
Six Weeks by the Sea
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£16.99
Edition:Hardback978000875322128/08/2025
Categories: 04. Summer Books 2025: Fiction, Fiction, Summer Books 2025
Tag: Historical Novels
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