'THERE SEEMS TO BE A MESSAGE WRITTEN INSIDE YOUR CHRISTMAS PUDDING. AND IT'S IN FRENCH. MEET ME AT FARLEY CASTLE, TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MOST URGENT.' Her great friend Jane Austen warned her against accepting a position at Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies. Nevertheless, just before Christmas, Miss Arabella Dempsey finds herself face to face with French aristocrats and international spies - and it's all because of Reginald 'Turnip' Fitzhugh, often mistaken for the elusive spy the Pink Carnation, who has blundered across her path. When Turnip and Arabella discover a cryptic French message inside a beautifully wrapped Christmas pudding, they are launched on a festive adventure - from Jane Austen's modest house to the grand estate of the Dukes of Dovedale - and, perhaps, love blossoms along the way -
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By L. J. Roberts
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Format:Hardcover
First Sentence: "I am for teaching" announced Miss Arabella Dempsey.
Arabella Dempsey, in spite of cautions from her best friend Jane Austin, decides teaching in a boarding school for wealthy girls can't be that hard. She doesn't anticipate becoming entangled with Turnip Fitzhugh, uncle to one of the girls, Christmas puddings, and espionage.
Just want I needed. While I normally stay away from books which use iconic characters to their own means, I didn't mind here as Jane has a minor, non-investigative role. I loved the style, which is very Austin, and it did make me giggle and even laugh out loud. The characters are often silly, but Arabella is delightful and Fitzhugh slightly more than he seems. It was a thoroughly entertaining read.
THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISLETOE (Hist Mys-Arabella Dempsey-England-Regency) - VG
Lauren Willig - 7th in series
Dutton Adult, 2010
Arabella Dempsey, in spite of cautions from her best friend Jane Austin, decides teaching in a boarding school for wealthy girls can't be that hard. She doesn't anticipate becoming entangled with Turnip Fitzhugh, uncle to one of the girls, Christmas puddings, and espionage.
Just want I needed. While I normally stay away from books which use iconic characters to their own means, I didn't mind here as Jane has a minor, non-investigative role. I loved the style, which is very Austin, and it did make me giggle and even laugh out loud. The characters are often silly, but Arabella is delightful and Fitzhugh slightly more than he seems. It was a thoroughly entertaining read.
THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISLETOE (Hist Mys-Arabella Dempsey-England-Regency) - VG
Lauren Willig - 7th in series
Dutton Adult, 2010
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Daniel Park
Format:Paperback
Willig's series of Austen-esque novels are not fakes, they are artful and clever pastiches of Regency fiction, with a knowing wink to US contemporary culture. How else could you view a discussion about spies which includes the choice phrases "weapons of mass destruction" and "read my lips"?
The characters are suitably fun - in particular the deliberately absurd but frightfully decent "Turnip" Fitzhugh - and there are some well-researched Regency details couched in the Christmas festivities to provide that "authentic" feel to the piece.
So, all in all, if this were a piece of furniture - I'd say that it was a 21st century homage to the original, rather than a faithful (or slavish) copy. I firmly believe that this strengthens the work, because it freely and boldly acknowledges that its readers come from a different era and have different experiences and expectations to those who first thumbed an Austen novel in the 1810s.
The characters are suitably fun - in particular the deliberately absurd but frightfully decent "Turnip" Fitzhugh - and there are some well-researched Regency details couched in the Christmas festivities to provide that "authentic" feel to the piece.
So, all in all, if this were a piece of furniture - I'd say that it was a 21st century homage to the original, rather than a faithful (or slavish) copy. I firmly believe that this strengthens the work, because it freely and boldly acknowledges that its readers come from a different era and have different experiences and expectations to those who first thumbed an Austen novel in the 1810s.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Laurel Ann
Format:Hardcover
In her six previous novels in the bestselling PINK CARNATION series, Lauren Willig has furnished us with an assortment of dashing heroes thwarting Napoleonic spies while romancing clever heroines. There are your alpha heroes and your beta heroes, but none qualify as a vegetable hero except Reginald "Turnip" Fitzhugh! He is long on looks and short on brains; but it does not signify. From his very first bumbling scene in THE MISCHIEF OF THE MISTLETOE when he knocks down our heroine Arabella Dempsey and literally, but not figuratively, sweeps her off her feet, he will steal your heart. How our unlikely hero will prove to our practical heroine that he is as honorable as he is lucky in deducing espionage is the charm of this Christmas tale brimming with burlesque comedy and romance.
Set in 1803 Bath, Arabella Dempsey's dear friend Jane Austen thinks her life would make "an excellent premise for a novel." She certainly sounds like heroine material. Since her mother's death at age twelve, Arabella has been living in London with her wealthy Aunt Osborne. More a piece of furniture than a companion, the family had high hopes of her becoming her aunt's heir until she married Captain Musgrave, a fortune-hunter half her age. Thrown back on her family, Arabella is reunited with her ailing father Rev. Dempsey and her three younger sisters Margaret, Olivia and Lavinia, all living in genteel poverty in Bath. Happily her particular friend Jane and the Austen family are residing nearby offering support and the witty advice that she is famous for.
Realizing that she must earn a living, Arabella is fortunate to obtain a junior instructress position at Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in Bath.... Read more ›
Set in 1803 Bath, Arabella Dempsey's dear friend Jane Austen thinks her life would make "an excellent premise for a novel." She certainly sounds like heroine material. Since her mother's death at age twelve, Arabella has been living in London with her wealthy Aunt Osborne. More a piece of furniture than a companion, the family had high hopes of her becoming her aunt's heir until she married Captain Musgrave, a fortune-hunter half her age. Thrown back on her family, Arabella is reunited with her ailing father Rev. Dempsey and her three younger sisters Margaret, Olivia and Lavinia, all living in genteel poverty in Bath. Happily her particular friend Jane and the Austen family are residing nearby offering support and the witty advice that she is famous for.
Realizing that she must earn a living, Arabella is fortunate to obtain a junior instructress position at Miss Climpson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in Bath.... Read more ›
By maralan
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Quite a good read, but it didn't grip me as some other regency romances have - a bit dissapoiting Sorry
4.0 out of 5 stars
School girls, teachers, spies and Christmas puddings in a Regency mystery!
20 Jan 2013
By bookwormkt
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A light read, but a delightful Mystery set in Regency England. Jane Austen is a minor character. An interesting heroine - resourceful, intelligent, forced to be a school teacher by straightened family circumstances. The Leading Man is known as Turnip, but is fortunately not as daft as he appears!
It is the seventh book in the Pink Carnation series, but I enjoyed it as a stand alone book, as I have not read the previous six.
It is the seventh book in the Pink Carnation series, but I enjoyed it as a stand alone book, as I have not read the previous six.
By luckyme
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This book is simply delicious. As soon as I finished it I immediately read it again and then purchased a copy for my daughter.
I laughed out loud and will never look at a christmas pudding again without a great big smile. A must read for all who love romance but have a soft spot for the supporting cast. More like this please.
I laughed out loud and will never look at a christmas pudding again without a great big smile. A must read for all who love romance but have a soft spot for the supporting cast. More like this please.
By Freddiesmum
Format:Kindle Edition
I loved this story!! really good fun and extremely readable!
I have not read any others by the author and that is a situation I am going to address right now.
Very likeable characters, fun situations, twists and turns and lots of clever stuff thrown in about Regency times, I enjoyed this so much it was a pleasure to read and I must go get more of this series right now.
It reminded me of several well known regency writers, and if you like that type of story you are going to love this, highly recommeded to any regency reader.
I have not read any others by the author and that is a situation I am going to address right now.
Very likeable characters, fun situations, twists and turns and lots of clever stuff thrown in about Regency times, I enjoyed this so much it was a pleasure to read and I must go get more of this series right now.
It reminded me of several well known regency writers, and if you like that type of story you are going to love this, highly recommeded to any regency reader.
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
this is a great romp and often had me laughing till I cried. It is basically a love story but there are spies and danger as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
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