. . . of most interest to Bennet was Mr. Darcy of Pemberley. When Fitzwilliam Darcy attends the Meryton assembly, he befriends a quiet, intelligent gentleman. In frequent visits to his friend's home, he becomes acquainted with the Bennet family of Longbourn. Yet Mr. Darcy is distracted by a strange feeling of having met some of them before. This is a different Bennet family from the cleverly crafted one in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. This Mr. Bennet is a responsible gentleman who takes an active role in the education and upbringing of all five of his daughters, manages Longbourn to be prosperous, and displays loving guidance toward Mrs. Bennet--a gentle, caring mother and wife. There is a mystery lurking at Longbourn--a secret unknown even to Elizabeth Bennet--and Mr. Darcy is entangled in its extraordinary revelations. Who is Thomas Bennet? This book contains one brief scene of non-explicit sexual violence that may beconcerning to sensitive readers.The sexual violence does notinclude Elizabeth Bennet.