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A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth’s sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy’s sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball.
Then, on the eve of the ball, the patrician idyll is shattered. A coach careens up the drive carrying Lydia, Elizabeth’s disgraced sister, who with her husband, the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pemberley. She stumbles out of the carriage, hysterical, shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. With shocking suddenness, Pemberley is plunged into a frightening mystery.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for Austen, P. D. James masterfully re-creates the world of Pride and Prejudice, electrifying it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly crafted crime story, as only she can write it.
Death Comes to Pemberley Reviews
Death Comes to Pemberley Reviews
| 164 of 170 people found the following review helpful:  A man in possession of a good fortune and a wife must be in want of a murder, By This review is from: Death Comes to Pemberley (Hardcover) Death Comes to Pemberley begins six years after the close of Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are happily married and living at Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's Derbyshire estate, with their two young sons and Mr. Darcy's sister, Georgiana. The new book begins with a short prologue reviewing the action of Pride and Prejudice and the six years before this novel's story begins. We then enter the great house at Pemberley on the night before the Darcys are to host their annual autumn ball. Elizabeth's sister, Jane, and Jane's husband, Charles Bingley, are already in residence, along with Darcy's cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam. A new character, Mr. Alveston, is also a guest.The hosts and guests are ready to retire for the night when a carriage comes careening up the drive, the door bursts open and out hurtles Lydia, Jane and Elizabeth's drama queen of a younger sister, screaming like a banshee that her husband, Wickham, has been shot and killed in Pemberley's woodland... Read more 88 of 93 people found the following review helpful:  Not for purist Austen fans or demanding readers of PD James: 3.5 stars, By This review is from: Death Comes to Pemberley (Hardcover) What is most disappointing about this book is what it doesn't manage to accomplish. Not too surprisingly, like all the modern efforts to read sequels and other riffs on the characters in Austen novels (and Pride & Prejudice in particular), PD James fails to capture the unique tone and focus of the original, much less master the detailed character studies Austen provides her readers. More unexpected is the fact that although this pen is being wielded by PD James, author of the meticulously-crafted series of mysteries featuring Adam Dalgliesh, this doesn't succeed in being a a compelling mystery. Indeed the "whodunnit" -- who is responsible for the death of the man found in the woodlands surrounding Pemberley? -- feels almost perfunctory. PD James writes of her characters witnessing the eventual trial that is the climax of the book that they are all anxious and distraught. Unfortunately, she never managed to convey that to the reader, or create a corresponding sense of unease and... Read more 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:  Justifiable homicide, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Death Comes to Pemberley (Hardcover) I've been a reader and re-reader of Jane Austen all my life, purely for pleasure. In recent years I've angrily avoided all novelists who appropriate her characters and settings for their own gain. But in the case of P.D. James, I decided to make an exception. She's too famous in her own right to need Austen's fame. She's too fine a writer to murder Austen's style or degrade her characters with anachronistic behavior.And I was right. P.D. James has committed a thoroughly genteel theft of people and places in this mystery, and her masterful plot more than justifies the enactment of a homicide on the grounds of Pemberley. Happily the murder has none of the sadistic, psychotic qualities seen in contemporary crime fiction. It's only mildly bloody - and suitably staged on a stormy night in a haunted forest. James alternates between dignified narration and a delicately wry tone, without overdoing the Austen cadence. Only occasionally and when appropriate do we get a... Read more |
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