ENHANCE YOUR BOOK CLUB
1. Elaine and the rest of the Cunning Coterie fancy American cocktails such as the gin sling. Follow the recipe at http://cocktails.about.com/od/ginrecipes/r/gin_sling.htm and treat your club to a cocktail hour.
2. Have a viewing party of the popular PBS series Downton Abbey or a similar upstairs/downstairs type film such as Gosford Park. If Summerset Abbey was made into a movie, who would you cast?
3. Read a nonfiction account of life during this time such as Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by the Countess of Carnarvon or Below Stairs by Margaret Powell. Compare these accounts to the novel.
4. Learn more about author T. J. Brown and the women of Summerset by visiting her website, tjbrownbooks.com
T. J. BROWN begins a sweeping trilogy set in Edwardian England with Summerset Abbey, her historical fiction debut. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit the author at www.tjbrownbooks.com.
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Brown, T. J.
Summerset Abbey / by T. J. Brown. — First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
1. Sisters—Fiction. 2. Household employees—Fiction. 3. Social classes— Great Britain—History—19th century—Fiction. 4. Great Britain—Social life and customs—19th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.R22893S86 2013
813’.6—dc23 2012039479
ISBN 978-1-4516-9898-5
ISBN 978-1-4516-9899-2 (ebook)