Lydia Bennet has spent a whole night beside a very naked George Wickham. Sadly for both, brandy and Wickham’s bruises put paid to any less than noble intentions and what should have been an evening of scandal has instead been an evening of slumber. Now it is the morning after, and London is within their …
Lydia Bennet and George Wickham have reached the safety of their lodgings for the night, but in what condition? Our dear Wickham is somewhat the worse for wear, but Lydia is ready and willing to see that he is well cared for. How will our oft-maligned couple spend their night? Catch up on previous adventures …
Lydia Bennet and George Wickham have escaped a villain on the road by the skin of their teeth and the strength of Lydia’s cunning. Yet who was the man and why was he so intent on doing harm to the erstwhile Mr Wickham? Catch up on previous adventures here: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, …
The ink was barely dry on novels number six and seven (Leap of Hope and Leap of Faith) when I started work on number eight, entitled The Ladies of Rosings Park – my favorite story with a fresh take! I wanted to tell events during the timelines of P&P and then on into The Darcys of Pemberley as …
After a splendid autumn bringing our show, An Evening with Jane Austen, to audiences at Bath, Stamford and Kenwood House, there is one stop remaining on our mini-tour of the south. With a cast headed by Adrian Lukis, better known to some as the roguish Mr Wickham, An Evening with Jane Austen will call at …
Can there be a tale more outrageous than that told of George Wickham and Lydia Bennet. Our much maligned couple fell in love, or something very like it, and have now fled along the road to Gretna Green. Will they ever reach the anvil? For previous installments in this series, click here: One, Two, Three, …
On this first Friday in the month of October, I am finally announcing the title of my new book, which I have been mainly referring to as WIP (work in progress) when I have posted my stories. I actually had one title I was going to use, but then recently I decided to go with …
It was with a great deal of sadness that I learned of the passing of Benjamin Whitrow from Adrian last week. Ben is better known to the Jane Austen community as the quintessential Mr Bennet and starred opposite Adrian in the BBC’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. I was very fortunate to work with Ben …
Here is Chapter 8 for you, my 3rd chapter this month, and there will be one more next Friday, as I promised. I shall post 4 more chapters in October on Fridays, along with some reveals as we lead towards the book launch (see below for my proposed schedule). I hope you are enjoying these …
Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, my second published novel, THE THREE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men—a grand sequel to two of Jane Austen’s works: Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility—was originally published on-line. What you may not know is I also wrote a vignette about the characters in that story …
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