Of Noble Family
Edition: First Edition
Series: Glamourist Histories
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 575
ISBN-13: 9780765378361
Copyright date: 2015
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 go. The sea voyage is long and Jane spends enough time unable to perform glamour that towards the end of the trip she discovers that she is with child. They are overjoyed, but when they finally arrive at the estate to complete what they expect to be routine legal tasks, they realize that nearly everything they came expecting to find had been a lie. Also, the entire estate is in disarray, with horrifying conditions and tensions with the local slave population so high that they are close to revolt. Jane and Vincent's sense of peril is screaming out for them to flee, but Vincent cannot stand to leave an estate connected with his family in such a condition. They have survived many grand and terrifying adventures in their time, but this one will test their skills and wits more than any they have ever encountered before, this time with a new life hanging in the balance" --
Table of contents: label: One
title: Cherubs and Monsters
pagenum: 011; label: Two
title: A Letter of Note
pagenum: 025; label: Three
title: Travels and Travails
pagenum: 041; label: Four
title: Lines of Heritage
pagenum: 057; label: Five
title: Discrete Matters
pagenum: 074; label: Six
title: A Frank Discussion
pagenum: 089; label: Seven
title: Property and Propriety
pagenum: 102; label: Eight
title: Customary Restraint
pagenum: 116; label: Nine
title: A Charitable Call
pagenum: 129; label: Ten
title: A Theory of Glamour
pagenum: 144; label: Eleven
title: Tea and Conversation
pagenum: 161; label: Twelve
title: A Matter of Timing
pagenum: 171; label: Thirteen
title: Parasols and Packet Ships
pagenum: 188; label: Fourteen
title: A Faint Hope
pagenum: 207; label: Fifteen
title: A Choice of Doctors
pagenum: 216; label: Sixteen
title: Prescription and Proscription
pagenum: 235; label: Seventeen
title: To Write a Book
pagenum: 251; label: Eighteen
title: The Sound of Footsteps
pagenum: 264; label: Nineteen
title: A Matter of Appearances
pagenum: 277; label: Twenty
title: Drawings and Measurements
pagenum: 293; label: Twenty-one
title: Invitations
pagenum: 305; label: Twenty-two
title: Constant Vigilance
pagenum: 323; label: Twenty-three
title: To Be a Glamourist
pagenum: 337; label: Twenty-four
title: Fire and Water
pagenum: 355; label: Twenty-five
title: Old Scars and New
pagenum: 376; label: Twenty-six
title: Good Counsel
pagenum: 392; label: Twenty-seven
title: Shades of Charity
pagenum: 406; label: Twenty-eight
title: The Good Doctor
pagenum: 422; label: Twenty-nine
title: Contraction and Agitation
pagenum: 435; label: Thirty
title: A Question of Nature
pagenum: 449; label: Thirty-one
title: Fire and Smoke
pagenum: 462; label: Thirty-two
title: A Laborious Enterprise
pagenum: 479; label: Thirty-three
title: Eyes of the Sleepers
pagenum: 494; label: Thirty-four
title: A Second Sight
pagenum: 507; label: Thirty-five
title: Considerations
pagenum: 523; label: Thirty-six
title: With a Will
pagenum: 533; label: Thirty-seven
title: Familial Relations
pagenum: 542; label: Epilogue
pagenum: 554; label: Afterword
pagenum: 558; label: A Note on History
pagenum: 565; label: Glossary
pagenum: 570; label: Reading Group Guide
pagenum: 573