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Jane and the

Jackal

Jim Pinnells, Isabel Otto

KEY SELLING POINTS
A gripping historical fiction bringing all six of Jane Austen heroines (three of their husbands and one
daughter) together and is set during the violent and brutal Geek War of Independence.
Set in 1823-4 and centres on Lord Byron’s grandiose plan to ship ten million pounds of gold to help the
Greek rebels.
Written by father and daughter team, the former an author and the latter a lecturer, both inspired by their love
of literature and the Jane Austen canon.

1824. The Darcy family, are aboard their yacht, The Pemberley, when it is seized and despoiled by Arab
corsairs. With their daughter Jane, they take shelter at the British consulate in Athens.

Greeks are rebelling against their Turkish overlords. Buccaneers and fortune-hunters flock to Greece, eager for
booty. War rages and the all-appalling Odysseus governs Athens. Anarchy, mayhem and Turkish armies
threaten Athens and in the chaos Odysseus takes a fancy to Jane Darcy, who is only twelve.

Meanwhile, Fanny Bertram is being shamefully abused by her tyrannical husband Edmund Bertram. She is
noticed by the piratical fortune hunter Edward Trelawney and the two embark on a tentative romance.

Amid all the chaos and disorder, will Fanny escape her abusive marriage and become the woman she is
destined to be? And will the women find peace and power and finally seize control of their lives?

Jane and the Jackal is a gripping historical novel which features all six of Austen’s heroines (and their
husbands) and takes place after their original adventures.

Jim Pinnells has worked as a consultant around the world launching, rescuing, or closing out international
projects in many fields. As a student, Jim started at Cambridge and finished with a doctorate at Frankfurt
University. This grounding in literature and scholarly research underpinned his five novels. He lives in Germany.

Isabel Otto was born and raised in Germany as the second daughter of two British ex-pats and is a bilingual
teacher and lecturer. Jane and the Jackal is her first novel.

Publication Date: 28th May 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805143628
Thema subject category: FV – Historical fiction
paperback 216 x 138 mm 408 pp Portrait

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