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Historical romance and time travel romance fans, how would you like to take home a Jane Austen-them gift basket loaded with goodies? A reproduction historical love token? Maybe some historical romances on your wish list or an Amazon gift card? Enter the Rafflecopter below.


Be sure to also drop in on our Book Fair, where you’ll find some page-turning historicals and time travel ebooks ON SALE from our sponsoring authors, plus a bonus giveaway!

While you're at the Book Fair, download my shortie for free. As the name implies, Shorties are ultra-short stories, 20 pages or less, offered by sponsoring authors. Shorties are free for you to download and exclusive to this book fair. Just the right length—20 pages or less—for reading while standing in line at the store, or as a quick fiction fix before bed.

THE DEVIL’S WOLF

THE PRIZES

Runner-Up Prizes

• Reproduction Greek Drachma Pegasus Love Token
• $25 Amazon gift card
• $20 worth of ebooks from Amazon (winner’s choice, up to 4 total books)
• $15 worth of ebooks from Amazon (winner’s choice, up to 3 total books)
• $10 Amazon gift card 

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Reproduction Historical Greek Drachma (Love Token), sponsored by author Dani Haviland.

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Lindsay Townsend: Two interesting literary houses and a lovely museum

Recently my husband and I attended a family wedding. We drove from Yorkshire and stayed in a cottage in the village of Chawton in Hampshire, almost next door to the house where Jane Austen lived.

Chawton is a delightful country village, close to the market town of Alton. The manor house where Jane Austen's brother Edward sometimes lived lies a short walk away and Jane knew it well. Her sister and mother are buried close by,  in the grounds of St Nicholas' Church, and you can see their well-tended graves.

The cottage where Jane lived with her sister Cassandra and her mother and where she revised Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and wrote Mansfield Part, Emma and Persuasion, is airy and spacious with beautiful gardens. Inside you can see the tiny table on which Jane wrote her novels. Chawton itself was within walking or donkey-cart distance of Alton and a surprisingly bustling place in Jane's time since the main coach road ran through the village.

Four miles from Chawton in Selborne, the house of the naturalist Gilbert White is larger, with extensive gardens. You can see his study and writing desk. I would have liked to have walked up the Hanger on the path Gilbert White made but sadly could not - I had a chest infection and was too ill. But an interesting visit, nonetheless.

On one of my better days, when I wasn't coughing so much, we also visited Alton and Alton Museum. This is a wonderful place, full of fascinating exhibits dating from the Stone Age onwards. Being especially intrigued by the Middle Ages, I loved the Anglo-Saxon gold Alton buckle. This had obviously a much-treasured item, as it had been carefully repaired. [Picture from Hampshire Council's pages for Alton Museum.]

Lindsay
http://www.lindsaytownsend.net