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The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...

Sisters Emily and Charlotte Bronte lived to write, weaving tales rich with characters, incident and passion from the poor Yorkshire vicarage they called home. Tells the story, with more than a dash of literary license, of these daring women who created Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Two sisters, yearning for literary success and the love of the same man.

David Suchet travels through Great Britain and Turkey to give us a new perspective on the amazing life of author Agatha Christie.