Love and Loyalty

In 1803 Jane Austen accepted a proposal of marriage which she renounced the next day, causing a scandal in society. Although she never did marry, she wrote several of the most famous romances in literature. How could she have done this if she had not had a great love affair herself?; In this novel, Jay Margrave proposes the idea of an early and controversial love affair which may have coloured Jane''s life and writing.; It revolves around a captured French officer during the Napoleonic wars. Jane nurses him and love blossoms. But how can she betray her country by promising herself to an enemy? Love or Loyalty - that is her dilemma. See more