Jane Austen Lives Again has a new book cover - I'm posting a few chapters over the next couple of weeks and hope you enjoy the m. Prologue When once we are buried you think we are dead But behold me Immortal. Jane Austen Miss Austen’s eyes flickered open. She was aware of soft pillows under her head, the fragrance of fresh linen tucked about her, the sputter of a crackling fire and the ticking of a clock. It was a moment before her eyes could focus and other senses quickened into life. The iron taste of blood in her mouth and a bitter tang of something she could not recognise made her long for water. All these sensations, scents and sounds were unfamiliar. Where was she? ‘She’s awake, Doctor Lyford!’ Jane turned her head to see a young man rushing to her side. He had a look of Doctor Lyford but this was not the physician she knew. This man was younger, slimmer and had a shock of thick, dark hair, which lay in damp, greasy curls on his forehead. He ...