Books by Ronald McGowan

Mr Bennet, of Longbourn, records his journey across Europe to visit his daughter Lydia and her husband Wickham in their new home.He also reveals the vital part played by the Bennet family in events which were to redraw the map of the continent.

Now that she is Miss Dashwood, Margaret, the erstwhile "Terror of the Seas" must carve out her own role in life. Her sisters, Elinor and Marianne, are both happily married and supremely content with their roles, but Margaret, while admitting that piracy is no longer a viable option, is determined to do something different, and to seek fame and fortune in her own way. Find out how she succeeds in her ambition, in this latest homage to the inimitable Jane Austen from the author of 'Pride Unprejudiced', 'To Make Sport for our Neighbours', and 'Naples to Northanger'.

Read this book to find out the backstory of Eleanor Tilney and her childhood sweetheart, the viscount she marries at the end of Northanger Abbey. Follow them through their honeymoon in Europe as the Peace of Amiens between England and France breaks down, and they escape back to England in time for Henry and Catherine's wedding.

This light-hearted retelling of the latter part of the story of the Trojan War, with its heroes obsessed with keeping up with the Ionians and where the next payment on the Coptic Solarium is coming from should appeal to modern readers. Its close adherence to the ancient sources should amuse genuine classicists too.

This light-hearted retelling of the age-old tale of Troy should strike a chord with modern readers, with its heroes who are more concerned with keeping up with the Ionians and making the next payment on their GT chariots than with heroics, and its Olympian Gods with the morals and manners of playground hooligans. Its close adherence to the original sources should amuse genuine Classicists too.

Classicists and non-classicists alike should enjoy this light-hearted retake on the story of how the Trojan War began. While sticking closely to the ancient texts for its events, its gods with the morals of five-year-old hooligans, and its heroes constantly worried about keeping up with the Atreidae and where the next payment on the new special use chariot is going to come from should strike a chord with modern readers.

This book reveals the vital role played in Jane Austen's most famous romance by her most unpopular character, the oily clergyman, Mr. Collins. It is a respectful but light-hearted account of what might have happened, and, for all we know, did.

In this spirited but faithful sequel to The Last Chronicle of Barset we carry on from where Anthony Trollope so frustratingly left off. We meet all our old favourites again -Archdeacon Grantly, Bishop Proudie, Glendora and Planty Pall, and the Reverend Josiah Crawley among others. But most of all this is the continuing love story of Johnny Eames, the poor clerk, and Lily Dale ,the squire's daughter. Johnny has already proved his love twice, in The Small House at Allington and The Last Chronicle of Barset , but so far in vain. Will this be a case of third time lucky?

Have you ever wondered exactly what Jane Fairfax, Frank Churchill and the mysterious Mr. Dixon got up to in Weymouth during the summer before the events recounted in Emma? Well, now is your chance to find outing this latest homage to the immortal Jane (Austen not Fairfax from the author of "Pride Unprejudiced".)