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The Highbury Trilogy
"Lovingly-crafted and brilliantly executed... the Highbury Trilogy is an outstanding companion and tribute to Jane Austen’s Emma. Rich with comprehensive detail, thoughtful developments, and emotive prose." Austenesque Reviews.
The collected Highbury novels comprising 'Mrs Bates of Highbury', 'The Other Miss Bates' and the Readers' Favorite Award-Winning 'Dear Jane.'
The books trace the pre-history of Jane Austen’s Emma and then run in parallel to it.
The collected Highbury novels comprising 'Mrs Bates of Highbury', 'The Other Miss Bates' and the Readers' Favorite Award-Winning 'Dear Jane.'
The books trace the pre-history of Jane Austen’s Emma and then run in parallel to it.
663 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2020
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About the author
Allie Cresswell
32 books103 followersI have been writing stories since I could hold a pencil and by the time I was in Junior School I was writing copiously and sometimes almost legibly.
It was at this time that I had the difference between fiction and lies forcefully impressed upon me, after penning a long and entirely spurious account of my grandfather’s death and funeral.....
The teacher had permitted it as being good therapy for bereavement whereas in fact it was only a good excuse to get out of learning my multiplication tables (something I have never achieved).
Clearly I was forgiven. For for my next birthday I asked for a stack of writing paper and my parents obliged, it being more easily obtained and wrapped than a pony.
A BA in English and Drama at Birmingham University was followed by an MA in English at Queen Mary College but marriage and motherhood put my writing career on hold for some years until 1992 when I began work on Game Show.
In the meantime I worked as a production manager for an educational publishing company, an educational resources copywriter, a bookkeeper for a small printing firm, and was the landlady of a country pub in Yorkshire, a small guest house in Cheshire and the proprietor of a group of boutique holiday cottages in Cumbria.
I am currently teaching literature in the community alongside full time writing.
I have two grown-up children, Tom and Abby, and am married to Tim.
I live in Cheshire.
It was at this time that I had the difference between fiction and lies forcefully impressed upon me, after penning a long and entirely spurious account of my grandfather’s death and funeral.....
The teacher had permitted it as being good therapy for bereavement whereas in fact it was only a good excuse to get out of learning my multiplication tables (something I have never achieved).
Clearly I was forgiven. For for my next birthday I asked for a stack of writing paper and my parents obliged, it being more easily obtained and wrapped than a pony.
A BA in English and Drama at Birmingham University was followed by an MA in English at Queen Mary College but marriage and motherhood put my writing career on hold for some years until 1992 when I began work on Game Show.
In the meantime I worked as a production manager for an educational publishing company, an educational resources copywriter, a bookkeeper for a small printing firm, and was the landlady of a country pub in Yorkshire, a small guest house in Cheshire and the proprietor of a group of boutique holiday cottages in Cumbria.
I am currently teaching literature in the community alongside full time writing.
I have two grown-up children, Tom and Abby, and am married to Tim.
I live in Cheshire.
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April 4, 2020
These books are a must read for fans of Jane Austen. Lovingly written in the style of the iconic writer, Allie Cresswell has created three wonderful stories about the 'lesser' characters in 'Emma', without taking any liberties with the novel proper. Everything that happens dovetails beautifully with the original tale and could well have been plotted by Ms Austen herself!
Discover more about 'old' Mrs Bates, the other Miss Bates and the enigmatic Jane Fairfax. What are their back stories? What made them act as they did in the novel, 'Emma'?
If you love Jane Austen, then immerse yourself in these wonderful stories around the cast of Highbury. I promise you will not be disappointed. Five huge stars from me.
Discover more about 'old' Mrs Bates, the other Miss Bates and the enigmatic Jane Fairfax. What are their back stories? What made them act as they did in the novel, 'Emma'?
If you love Jane Austen, then immerse yourself in these wonderful stories around the cast of Highbury. I promise you will not be disappointed. Five huge stars from me.
September 16, 2024
Loved it!
Loved the the possibilities of the characters! I also loved the focus on Jane who deserves her story to be told.
Loved the the possibilities of the characters! I also loved the focus on Jane who deserves her story to be told.
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