A courtship is a journey of discovery… …but what do we know of the official betrothal of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet? We may assume there were awkward social events to navigate, tedious wedding arrangements to negotiate, and Bingley’s toplofty sisters to accommodate. How did Darcy and Elizabeth manage these travails, and each other? Longbourn to London is not a Pride and Prejudice “what if,” nor is it a sequel. Rather, it is an expansion of the betrothal of Jane Austen’s favorite couple. We follow Lizzy’s journey from spirited maiden scampering about the fields of Hertfordshire to nervous, blushing bride in Mayfair, where she learns the unexpected joys of marriage to a man as willing to be teased as she is to tease him. Join us as IPPY award-winning author Linda Beutler (2013 Silver Medal, Independent Publishers Awards, for The Red Chrysanthemum) imagines the betrothal and early honeymoon of Jane Austen’s greatest couple. Includes mature content.
Author
Linda Beutler is the author of three titles of garden writing: Gardening With Clematis (2004), Garden to Vase (2007), and Plant Lovers Guide to Clematis (2016) all published by Timber Press. Although a long-time fan of Jane Austen, Linda did not fall down the rabbit-hole of Jane Austen Fan Fiction until 2011. By the end of 2012, she had written two full length novels of her own. The first, The Red Chrysanthemum, was published by Meryton Press in 2013 and won a silver "IPPY" medal in the romance category. Her second novel, Longbourn to London, also published by Meryton Press, debuted in August 2014. A Will of Iron was published in July 2015, and a fourth title is in the works.
