My Dearest Mr. Darcy: An Amazing Journey Into Love Everlasting

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Lathan, Sharon.

My Dearest Mr. Darcy : an amazing journey into love everlasting : Pride and prejudice continues / Sharon Lathan.

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1. Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 3. Married people--Fiction. 4. Marriage--Fiction. 5. England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction. 6. Domestic fiction. I. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice. II. Title.

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The Darcy Saga

BY SHARON LATHAN

Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One
Loving Mr. Darcy: Journeys Beyond Pemberley
My Dearest Mr. Darcy: An Amazing Journey into Love Everlasting

Cast of Characters

Prologue: Snippets of a Physician's Memoirs

1. Correspondence

2. A Game of Riddles

3. Toes in the Sand

4. Caister-on-Sea

5. Magic Lantern

6. Sunrise on the Sand

7. Up, Up, and Away!

8. Just Desserts

9. On the Road Home

10. Fading of Summer

11. George Darcy

12. Pemberley Estate

13. With This Ring I Thee Wed

14. A Time Apart

15. Thirty Is an Auspicious Number

16. November

17. Bundle of Joy

18. Alexander

19. Year's End

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Fitzwilliam Darcy
, Master of Pemberley in Derbyshire: 29 years of age, born November 10, 1787; parents James and Lady Anne Darcy, both deceased; married Elizabeth Bennet on November 28, 1816

Elizabeth Darcy
, Mistress of Pemberley: 22 years of age, born May 28, 1795; second Bennet daughter

Georgiana Darcy
: 18 years of age; sister of Mr. Darcy with guardianship shared by her brother and cousin, Col. Fitzwilliam; companion is Mrs. Annesley

Col. Richard Fitzwilliam
: 32 years of age; cousin and dear friend to Mr. Darcy; second son of Lord and Lady Matlock; regiment stationed in London

Lord Matlock,
the Earl of Matlock: Darcy's Uncle Malcolm, brother to Lady Anne Darcy; ancestral estate is Rivallain in Matlock, Derbyshire

Lady Matlock
, the Countess of Matlock: Darcy's Aunt Madeline, wife to Lord Matlock; mother of Jonathan, Annabella, and Richard

Jonathan Fitzwilliam
: Heir to the Matlock earldom, eldest Fitzwilliam son; wife is
Priscilla

Charles Bingley
: Longtime friend of Mr. Darcy; currently resides at Netherfield Hall in Hertfordshire; married Jane Bennet on November 28, 1816

Jane Bingley
: elder sister of Elizabeth and eldest Bennet daughter; wife of Mr. Bingley

Caroline Bingley
: unmarried sister of Charles Bingley

Louisa Hurst
: married sister of Charles Bingley; husband is
Mr. Arbus Hurst
; residence London

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet
: Elizabeth's parents; reside at Longbourn in Hertfordshire with two middle daughters,
Mary
and
Kitty

Mary Bennet
: Elizabeth's sister; middle Bennet daughter

Katherine (Kitty) Bennet
: Elizabeth's sister; fourth Bennet daughter

Lydia Wickham
: Elizabeth's sister; youngest Bennet daughter; married to Lieutenant George Wickham, stationed in Newcastle

Edward and Violet Gardiner
: uncle and aunt of Elizabeth; reside in Cheapside, London

Dr. George Darcy
: Mr. Darcy's uncle; brother to James Darcy

Lady Catherine de Bourgh
: Mr. Darcy's aunt; sister to Lady Anne Darcy; residence Rosings Park, Kent

Anne de Bourgh
: daughter of Lady Catherine; Mr. Darcy's cousin

Stephen Lathrop
: Cambridge friend of Mr. Darcy; residence is Stonecrest Hall in Leicestershire; wife is
Amelia

Henry Vernor
: family friend of the Darcys; residence is Sanburl Hall near Lambton, Derbyshire; wife is
Mary
, daughter is
Bertha

Gerald Vernor
: son of Henry Vernor; childhood friend of Mr. Darcy; wife is
Harriet
; residence is Sanburl Hall

Albert Hughes
: childhood friend of Mr. Darcy; wife is
Marilyn
; residence is Rymas Park near Baslow

Rory Sitwell
: Derbyshire resident and Cambridge friend of Mr. Darcy; wife is
Julia
; residence is Reniswahl Hall near Staveley

George and Alison Fitzherbert
: Derbyshire residents and friends; residence is Brashinharm near Barlow

Clifton and Chloe Drury
: Derbyshire residents and friends; residence is Locknell Hall near Derby

Dr. Raul Penaflor Aleman de Vigo
: Spanish associate of Dr. George Darcy, who refers to him as "Raja"