Lessons in Honour: A Young Fitzwilliam Darcy Christmas Story

Lessons in Honour: A Young Fitzwilliam Darcy Christmas Story

Christmas and the illness of his mother Lady Anne set the stage for young Fitzwilliam Darcy to wrestle with what it means to be a Darcy as he, his cousins, and his nemesis George Wickham plot and plan their way through Christmas 1797. Headed to the Darcy's London home after his first term at Eaton, Fitzwilliam Darcy is full of Christmas cheer and expectations of fun with his cousins when they get to Pemberley. But alas, fate intervenes and he is met with grave news—his mother is very ill and will not survive the coming year! As Christmas approaches, Darcy finds himself torn between his parents' struggles and the disturbing arrival of a pretty young miss in an unusual company of actors come to Lambton for the holidays. Then the arrival of Richard and his family at Pemberley creates more secrets to juggle. Serious and hilarious by turn, Lessons in Honour portrays a group of young men, all of them quite different—all of them unexpectedly stretched toward adulthood—and pivotal moments in the formation of the Fitzwilliam Darcy who Elizabeth Bennet will meet at the Meryton Assembly in the future. Lessons in Honour is a variation on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and was formerly published as Young Master Darcy: A Lesson in Honour. Pamela Aidan is the author of th e acclaimed series Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman.