Glamourist histories
Author
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 1
Publisher
Tor/Tom Doherty
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The fantasy novel you've always wished Jane Austen had written
Shades of Milk and Honey is exactly what we could expect from Jane Austen if she had been a fantasy writer: Pride and Prejudice meets Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It is an intimate portrait of a woman, Jane, and her quest for love in a world where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality.
Jane and her sister Melody vie for the attentions of...
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Jane and David Vincent travel to Belgium for their honeymoon, where Jane uses the glamour at her disposal when the trip is disrupted by Napoleon's escape and her husband's capture for his spy activities.
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Regency-era glamourists Jane and Vincent Ellsworth, while visiting Jane's family, hope to bolster Melody's chances for a good marriage by accepting a commission from a prominent London family, a job that embroils them in an international crisis.
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Mary Robinette Kowal's Valour and Vanity is a Regency version of a heist movie with a healthy dose of magic sprinkled in. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on the their tour of the continent. Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route. It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved,...
Author
Series
Glamourist histories volume 5
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen walked on the grimmer side of the Regency"--
"Jane and Vincent have finally gotten some much-needed rest after their adventures in Italy when Vincent receives word that his estranged father has passed away on one of his properties in the West Indies. His brother, who manages the estate, is overwhelmed, and no one else in his family can go. Grudgingly, out of filial duty the couple decide to...