Perfect Gift for the Jane Austen Fan - Pride and Prejudice Quiz Book

Are You looking for the perfect gift for the Jane Austen fan who has everything and still wants more??? More Collins? More Darcy? More Choices?

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an intelligent Reader with a good sense of humour, must be in want of more Jane Austen.”

 I'm a huge Jane Austen fan. Pride and Prejudice is one my may all time favourite books and this year I decided to share my love of Austen by writing a Quiz Book which I hope will also delight new readers and die-hard Austenites.

To View on Amazon.com Click HERE : Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – Quiz Book -Complete Novel Plus: Quizzes, Crosswords and WordSearches

Whether you’re a Pride and Prejudice expert, or new to the delightful works of Jane Austen this brand new edition contains something for all. Inside you will find:

• Pride and Prejudice complete novel
• 61 Chapter Quizzes
• 30 Crosswords
• 31 Word Searches

All 120+ pages of puzzles have been specifically written for each chapter, and will entertain for hours.

True Fans of P&P who already know Longbourn was terrorised by an arsonist, Wickham a spy for Napoleon, and Mr Collins the heartthrob of a generation, will find the quizzes superbly easy. Everyone else will find them tolerably amusing.

 

 

I hope you'll consider looking it up my Pride and Prejudice Quiz Book on Amazon or Pin it on Pinterest.

 

Thank You! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of my book will be donated to causes I am involved with, including:

1) Adoption of retired racing greyhounds.

2) Purchasing books for children staying in the local hospital.

To View on Amazon.com Click HERE : Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – Quiz Book -Complete Novel Plus: Quizzes, Crosswords and WordSearches

Images of the Past Dunedin

The Historical Sewing Group I belong to "Images of the Past Dunedin" are looking for new members.

If you're located in the Otago region of New Zealand, like to sew & want to try something a bit different, that will also raise funds for the Children's Ward please visit their website http://bit.ly/1J0Z2Iv and share this message with friends who might be interested. Thanks!

Where have I been? London! Paris! Rome!

London! Paris! Rome!

I've been slack about blogging lately and I am sorry. During June and July I was trekking ( weeel mostly rental-car-ing) said places of awesome and more. Once home, I fell sick, blah blah, bought an overlocker, busy busy, but now I'm back!

OK, enough blab, you wanna see holiday pictures. FYI I didn't realise I was travelling in Scaffolding Season, sooo many of the touristy hotspots were being repaired and cleaned...

Trevi Fountain, Rome. No water but plenty of scaffolding.

I did manage to get a few classic tourist photos, like Venice gondoliers, Big Ben, the Effiel towers, the Tardis and blurry shots of Royals.

Gondolier school in Venice

Big Ben & parliament & the London Eye. Did I mention there was some kind of 'Ride your bicycle naked' event going on?

bargain!

Harry points me out to his Granddad

As spotted in the market town of Werthby just outside York

Such fine cultural icons aside, I went travelling for one reason: Museums of Frocks.

The V&A! Be still my heart, seeing with my own eyes the Victorian dresses that I had poured over in library books. *sigh* Wish there had been more.

Victorian dresses at the V&A London

Kensington Palace had a good selection, some display on Diana's frocks, which I hurried past to get to the good stuff: Queen Victoria's outfits!

Queen Vic's riding jacket

Speaking of everyone's favourite Queenie. The Globe theatre had a stunning aray of Elizabethan style stage costumes.

Awesome theatre gear at the Globe. I have no plans to re-create this. This is strictly for experts.

Out of London, the Fashion History Musuem in Bath was a trip highlight. While the sections on each era are quite limited, overall there's a lot to see.

They even have a fun dress up portion.

Just takes a clip to get your old Vic on with plastic buckle clasps

And I think I've found a potential new historical sewing obsession: 18th century frocks! *swoon*

Genuine 18th century dress and stomacher at the Bath Fashion History Museum

If I had been in Bath in September a huge bonus would be seeing the gathering of Jane Austen fans in their Regency outfits. As it was only July, instead I went hawking. Even though there were no historical outfits involved it was THE BEST.

I've heard of hat hair, but Hawk Hat hair?

 Hmm, what have I learned about travel? Well sometimes things don't go as planned, but when they do, you get a Harris Hawk to perch on your head. Life is good!