Synopsis
Two young ladies – very different, but physically identical – meet at a boarding school once attended by Jane Austen. Joan Aiken's Deception is an engrossing regency novel is perfect for fans of the major Netflix romantic drama series, Bridgerton.
Self-righteous Louisa wants to escape her grand family life in Northumberland and become a missionary in India. Imaginative and quiet Alvey...
Details
04 April 2024464 pages
9781529093476Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Deception will delight readers with its lively lucidity and inventive wit. When two identical schoolgirls decide to swap identities, the adventures resulting from this are described in an Austenesque style which equals that other doyenne of the genre, Georgette HeyerAmanda Craig, Sunday Express
A winner. The narrative is crisp, the characterization revealing, the ending quite modern in its ambiguityThe Lady
Joan Aiken’s Deception is charming and convincing . . . the detail of daily life and the interweaving of characters are fascinating and the whole as witty as befits a master pasticheur of Jane AustenMarina Vaizey, Country Life
Joan Aiken has produced in Deception a very good historical romance with a strong and sympathetic period feelOxford Times
