false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174930363m/456743.jpg 456743 3 The acute powers of observation that marked Jane Austen's brilliant authorial career serve her equally well as a sleuth, as Barron's popular series has demonstrated in five earlier outings. Here, Barron uses Austen's well- documented interest in the Royal Navy as the linchpin of the plot. Jane's brother Frank, an officer who served under Nelson at Trafalgar, can't believe that his friend Tom Seagrave, commanding officer of the <I>Stella Maris</I>, killed the captain of the French frigate <I>Manon</I> moments after he'd surrendered his ship to Seagrave, despite the testimony of a junior officer. Ministering to the French prisoners of war housed at the Wool House of the title, Jane soon discovers another witness to the incident, a dashing and romantic surgeon whose account might save Seagrave from the gallows. As usual, Barron evokes the social, domestic, and cultural scene of England in the glory days of the empire with the wit, charm, and verve that mark her heroine's literary legacy. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 445280 2001 Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House: Being the Sixth Jane Austen Mystery total:280|5:61|4:127|3:83|2:7|1:2| 280 1078 390 18 3 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Mar 18 18:06:52 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 18:07:12 -0700 2009
Plot wandered - my patience for plot twists and red herrings in mysteries is not infinite - but characters and period details more than compensated.]]> 2 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:46:37 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:59:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 18:16:10 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 17:06:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Apr 12 20:47:46 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 20:49:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 16:57:25 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 16:58:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 11:56:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:19:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:36:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:37:39 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 29 10:58:15 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 11:00:19 -0700 2008
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