If you liked the inspiring story of how Sandy Lerner turned Edward Austen Knight’s decaying family pile into the beautiful and important Chawton House Library, you're bound to love this recent tale from the UK's Daily Telegraph. I admit that the story of St. Giles and the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury has nothing much to do with Jane Austen, but it’s such a captivating yarn that I couldn’t resist sharing.
I ask you: how often do you get a tattooed former DJ with a double-barreled surname inheriting a decaying seventeenth-century mansion after his father is murdered by a Playboy-model-turned-prostitute third wife? Throw in the tragic death of the elder brother, the love story with the veterinary surgeon, and the slightly wayward younger son’s maturation into his responsibilities, and you’ve got yourself the makings of a truly excellent romance novel.
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