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Paula Byrne
Born
in Birkenhead, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1967
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The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
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2013
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20 editions
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Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
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2016
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17 editions
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Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice
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2014
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19 editions
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Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
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2009
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25 editions
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Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson
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published
2004
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17 editions
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The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym
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published
2021
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12 editions
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Six Weeks by the Sea
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The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Works in Hollywood
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published
2003
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2 editions
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Look To Your Wife
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Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
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“She was fortunate enough to see the superb comic actress Dora Jordan, star of Covent Garden and mistress to the Duke of Clarence, playing the part of Nell in The Devil to Pay, one of her most famous roles. Nell is a timid cobbler’s wife who is magically transformed into an aristocratic society mistress who makes a better wife to her husband, Sir John, and a kinder mistress to her servants than the irascible Lady Loverule. Because of her success in this role, Dora was known as ‘Nell of Clarence’. Jane was ‘highly amused’ – strong praise from a woman with her standards.”
― The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
― The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
“After having much praised or much blamed anybody, one is generally sensible of something just the reverse soon afterwards.”
― The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
― The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
“Frank, the most pious of the brothers, was known for lacking a sense of humour. He was a ponderous and serious-minded sailor. In the Austen family his letters were famous for their length and their mundane detail. A family anecdote recalled his character perfectly. A naval colleague went swimming in the tropics. Frank observed calmly and slowly, ‘Mr Pakenham you are in danger of a shark – a shark of the blue species.’ The captain thought it was a joke, but was told by Frank, ‘I am not given to joking. If you do not return immediately, soon the shark will eat you.”
― The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
― The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
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| 100+ Books in 2026: astrangerhere's 2011 100 book challenge | 24 | 83 | Mar 16, 2011 05:14AM | |
| The Life of a Boo...: Karen's 2011 TBR Challenge | 45 | 109 | Jan 01, 2012 11:00AM | |
| Comfort Reads: Favorite Memoirs and Biographies | 207 | 192 | Mar 30, 2012 09:22AM | |
Bright Young Things:
Paula Byrne - Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
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14 | 39 | Dec 29, 2012 12:34PM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Summer Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
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| Bright Young Things: A Handful of Dust - more greatness from Waugh | 40 | 39 | Sep 03, 2013 05:15PM | |
| Bright Young Things: January 2013 - Mad World by Paula Byrne | 34 | 33 | Sep 25, 2013 04:47AM | |
| Bright Young Things: "Labels: A Mediterranean Journal" by Evelyn Waugh | 52 | 16 | Jan 06, 2014 01:27PM |
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