Question for Austen lovers...

[deborahjross]

I've read scathing comments about Death Comes to Pemberley, so much so that although I have enjoyed other books by P.D. James (albeit not recently), I hesitate to even give this a try. I understand from the reviewers that she gets the period, manners, culture utterly wrong. But if this were a completely alternate universe and these weren't factors, is it otherwise a terrible book?

Comments

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

"the difference between gentry and aristocrats" -- that's a great point.

And one to keep in mind when writing in other worlds than Regency England. People within cultures make subtle and powerful distinctions that outsiders don't pick up on (unless, of course, they make an effort!)