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News from Jane Dunn, author of Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing
Jane Dunn, historian, biographer and novelist
We have two pieces of news from Jane Dunn to share with you today.
As most of you will know, Jane published her biography about Daphne du Maurier and her sisters Angela and Jeanne in 2013. In writing Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing, Jane brought us an excellent insight into three fascinating sisters as individuals and in their shared life and relationships with one another.
Jane has just announced that she is both amazed and delighted that Queen Camilla's book club charity, The Queen's Reading Room, is going to Zoom interview her about her biography as part of the new season's selection of books, which includes Rebecca.
We will bring you more information about The Queens Reading Room and the latest book choices in a separate news item very soon.
Jane's other news is that the third book in her Regency series, A Scandalous Match, is published this week on 17th January.
Jane's first novel in this series, The Marriage Season, was published in January 2023 and was followed by An Unsuitable Heiress in May 2023.
Having enjoyed a life as a biographer, Jane moved in a completely new direction last year when she published the first of her Regency novels. She is enjoying writing historical fiction and fell in love with the Regency period when she was carrying out research for her first biography, Moon in Eclipse: A Life of Mary Shelley. So, Jane had plenty of research material to draw on when writing these beautiful works of Regency fiction.
The Marriage Season, paperback, ISBN: 9781804835319.
An Unsuitable Heiress, paperback, ISBN: 9781804835357.
A Scandalous Match, paperback, ISBN: 9781804835456.
All titles are published by Boldwood Books and also available as hardback and eBooks.
Ann Willmore, January 2024.