Gill Hornby
3 SeriesGill Hornby is an English author known for her historical and women's fiction novels, as well as non-fiction books. She has also worked as a journalist. Hornby resides in Berkshire, England, with her husband, Robert Harris, and their four children.
In "Miss Austen" by Gill Hornby, set in 1840 England, Cassandra Austen revisits Kintbury to retrieve a hidden cache of her late sister Jane's letters from the Fowles' vicarage. Desperate to uncover these letters, Cassandra navigates around her hostess and a meddlesome housemaid. Upon finding them, she confronts revelations about both Jane and herself. Cassandra must decide whether to expose their private lives or protect her sister's legacy by destroying the letters.
