Today on the blog my partner in crime Sophia Rose is reviewing a biography of a cousin of one of Sophia's all time favorite authors, Jane Austen’s Cousin: The Outlandish Countess de Feuillide by Geri Walton.
See what she thinks about this one.
Enjoy!
Jane Austen’s Cousin: The Outlandish Countess de Feuillide
by Geri Walton
Biography
Publisher: Pen and
Sword History
Published: 5.30.21
ISBN: 152673463X
Pages: 152
Rating: 3.5 stars
Format: eARC
Source: Net Galley
Sellers: Amazon
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GoodReads Blurb:
Eliza de Feuillide seemed fascinating and outlandish to her
cousins in rural eighteen century England. When she visited their village, her
appearance was electrifying. She was an attractive, accomplished French
countess with a vivacious personality who inspired their imaginations and
regaled them with stories of life in London and Paris where she hobnobbed with
French nobility and wore the latest fashions. One of these impressionable
younger cousins would find Eliza's stories so fascinating that she would
incorporate elements of Eliza's life into some of the most famous novels in
English literature. This cousin was Jane Austen.
Yet Eliza's life was not as glamorous as Jane or her Austen cousins might have
thought. She faced many tragedies in her life that wealth and social class
could not protect her against. She was also forced to adapt and re-examine her
priorities in a way that would dramatically change her life choices and result
in a more sedate lifestyle.
Read about the perseverance and courage of the real person behind several
fictional characters in Jane Austen's writings and novels and the deeper
connection Eliza had to the Austen family.
