Many Christmas traditions and images of 'old fashioned' holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities.How odd? Families rarely decorated Christmas trees. Festivities centered on socializing instead of gift-giving. Festivities focused on adults, with children largely consigned to the nursery. Holiday events, including balls, pa...

… In the meantime, for elegance and ease and luxury, the Hattons and Milles' dine here to-day, and I shall eat ice and drink French wine, and be above vulgar economy.~Jane Austen to Cassandra, Godmersham, June 20, 1808We know Jane Austen ate ice cream. What might her favorite flavors have been? Pride and Pistachios? Sense and Strawberry Cream? Whatever it was, we can be fairly certain it wasn't vanilla—read more to find out why!Take a romp through period re...

Jane Austen’s books are full of hidden mysteries for the modern reader. Why on earth would Elizabeth Bennet be expected to consider a suitor like foolish Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice? Would Lydia's 'infamous elopement' truly have ruined her family and her other sisters’ chances to marry? Why were the Dashwood women thrown out of their home after Mr. Dashwood's death in Sense and Sensibility, and what was the problem with secret engagements anyway? And then there are settlements, pin ...

Il padre di Elizabeth Bennet, l’Ammiraglio Thomas Bennet, è sicuro che il suo congedo dalla Marina di Sua Maestà sarà l’inizio di una nuova vita per lui e le sue figlie. Quello che non sa è che le battaglie per la sua famiglia sono appena cominciate.Ben introdotte e in possesso di un solido patrimonio, il debutto in società delle Signorine Bennet sarebbe dovuto essere un trionfo. Tuttavia la loro agognata prima stagione a Londra si trasforma in un disastro e lo scandalo che ne risu...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a dragon.Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley has the good fortune to be in possession of the first English firedrake egg laid in a century. Or, at least, he was until some miscreant stole it.Mr. Darcy tracks the thief to Hertfordshire. Catching the thief, however, proves to be an entirely different kettle of brimstone, especially when he encounters fellow

Después de una dolorosa Temporada Social en Londres y de perder Longbourn a manos de su artero hermano, el Almirante Bennet y sus hijos, Jane, Elizabeth, Francis y Philip, acompañados de su fiel compañero de andanzas Piper, se mudan a Alston Hall en Derbyshire donde conocen y hacen amistad con Fitzwilliam Darcy, el viudo padre de dos hijos, George y David, el Coronel Richard Fitzwilliam y la tía de ambos y suegra de Darcy y Fitzwilliam, Lady Catherine De Bourgh.Acompáñelos en esta ...

In this first volume of the Gospel Time Trekkers series, children ages 6–9 are taken on a journey that imaginatively retraces the birth of Jesus through the experiences of modern siblings Hannah, Caleb, and Noah.

Sweet, Austen-inspired treats, perfect with a cup of tea.Full of hope and ripe with possibility, beginnings and new beginnings refresh the spirit with optimism and anticipation.Four Days in April.Two letters. Four Days.  Everything changes.After offering a most disastrous proposal of marriage and receiving a rebuke he will never forget, Fitzwilliam Darcy writes Elizabeth Bennet an equally memorable letter.What if she answers...

In this third volume of the Gospel Time Trekkers series, children ages 6–9 are taken on a journey that imaginatively retraces Jesus welcoming the child Rebecca into a gathering with his disciples.

Many Christmas traditions and images of 'old fashioned' holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities.How odd? Families rarely decorated Christmas trees. Festivities centered on socializing instead of gift-giving. Festivities focused on adults, with children largely consigned to the nursery. Holiday events, including balls, pa...

A time-traveling adventure imaginatively retraces Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter, Sarah, from the dead, revealing that “being raised to new life” has more than one meaning!In this fourth volume of the Gospel Time Trekkers series, children ages 6–9 are taken on a journey that imaginatively retraces Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter, Sarah, from the dead, revealing that “being raised to new life” has more than one meaning!

Peter Smalley was certain of two things in life: England was full of dragons, and even very small dragons could cause very large problems.As a minor dairy farmer with rent coming due and no money to pay it, Peter had enough problems of his own to be bothered with dragons.Until a troubled dragon came looking for him.A dragon adventure fantasy set in the gaslamp regency world of the Blue Order and Jane Austen's Dragons.A delight for fans of An...