The second printing

Once we had printed the first copies of Darcy’s Story, we were able to send copies off to ask for testimonials or endorsements. There is, of course, no obligation on the person contacted to say anything, or anything favourable
But we were lucky.

A letter sent to Andrew Davies, the scriptwriter for the BBC serial of P&P, met with a friendly response –
"I was glad to see that Janet Aylmer takes the sympathetic view of Darcy that I do. I enjoyed it."

At Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, the author’s last residence before moving to Winchester in her last weeks of life, there was understandable caution, and they had not been happy with some other books submitted to them.

However, the Curator there, Jean Bowden, was happy with Darcy’s Story, and said –
"I am very pleased with the book. I enjoyed Darcy's Story because it is faithful to Jane Austen's plot and to her characters."

So we were able to use these comments on the back cover of all subsequent printing of the book.