Book Launch

Claudia Gray will be returning for the launch of her third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge yet: preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

The evening will begin at 6:00 PM and Claudia will be joined by Genevieve Essig, New Orleans local and author of the Cassie Gwynne series, to discuss her book. The two will then host a brief Q&A before signing books. 

Entry to the event is free and open to the public, however the shop encourages interested parties to RSVP to ensure entry and reserve a copy of the book as space is limited. Additional copies will be available to purchase.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 6:00pm

The Garden District Book Shop2727 Prytania St New Orleans, LA 70130 

Jane Austen & Crime with Susannah Fullerton

Which of Jane Austen’s characters commit hanging offenses? Where do suicide and murder appear in her writings? What were the duties of characters who were magistrates and how does Austen use prison imagery in Mansfield Park? Susannah Fullerton’s talk on Jane Austen and Crime, the subject of her acclaimed book, will answer these questions and more! Susannah will be joining us from Sydney, Australia to show us the darker side of Jane Austen, and welcomes you to join her on Zoom. Adultery, elopements to Gretna Green, gambling, suicide, theft and imprisonment are all discussed.

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Online Seminar          Friday         June 21, 2024         4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET               $15

 Perhaps no novelist inspired the idealized vision of the English country house more than Jane Austen. Through her sublime writing we are left with romantic images of great houses set in gorgeous landscapes populated by people—flawed and wonderful—who find common ground with decency and kindness. The reality is that Jane herself visited many of the great houses of England and used them as models in almost all of her books. This lecture will examine country houses that inspired Jane and left us with a fanciful world of English rural beauty unequaled in literature. 

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Curt DiCamillo
Decorative Arts
Historic Houses
England
curt.dicamillo@nehgs.org

Curt DiCamillo, who joined American Ancestors/NEHGS in February of 2016 as the organization’s first Curator of Special Collections, is an internationally recognized authority on British historic houses and the decorative arts.