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Two Inchesof

Ivory

Malcolm Day

KEY SELLING POINTS

An historically accurate novel about the famous author, Jane Austen, and her family living in the turbulent
times of the late Georgian and early Regency periods.
Fullofauthenticdialoguebasedoninformalspeechstylefoundinlettersbetweenfamily members.
A gripping imagining of the real lives of the Austens, based on thorough historical research.
OnesnowyChristmas,tuckedawayinaruralHampshire rectory,MrsAustengives birthtoherseventhchild.
Fromherbirth to heruntimelydeath Jane’spath to becomingasuccessful novelist is constantlychoked by
unpredictable circumstances.

It is a time of warwith Napoleon’s France, inwhichthree of herbrothersserve. Thewartakesitstollwiththe
spectreof povertyforcingtheAustenstogive uptheirbeloved family homeforacramped apartmentin Bath.
Shefailstofindapublisherforherthreenovelsandfallsintodespondency.

WiththeRegencyin1811,changesintastebringnewhope.Jane’snovelsarepublishedandbecomefamous.
Herbiggestfanis thePrince Regenthimself, buthe is anodious characterwhomJaneloathes,yetwhoinvites
hertodedicatehernewnovelEmmatohimself.Shouldshehold onto herhard-foughtprinciple of female
independence, or acquiesce to gain financial security for her family?
Anexcitedmarket, including Lord Byron, is enthralledby thisnewanonymous“lady” authorwho is thefirst to
write about feelings and human relations. Questions about love, marriage, freedom for women are continually
thrown up; but her darkest, yet comedic, thoughts are not revealed until her final hours.

Malcolm Day hasworkedinpublishingfor25years,asaneditorandwriterinillustratedbooks, includingfor
Reader’s Digest. Many titles as author include Voices from the World of Jane Austen. Previously he was an
Englishteacher,includingaspell inKhartoumduringthe1980sfamine.Amongsthisareasofinterestare
history, mythology, religion, and he now enjoys writing historical fiction living on the edge of Dartmoor.

Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £12.99 ISBN: 9781836280453
Themasubjectcategory:FV–Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 400 pp Portrait Author location: Dartmoor

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