The Pilgrim: Lydia Bennet and a Soldier's Portion: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

Joana Starnes, author of Twists of Fate says of The Pilgrim: Lydia Bennet and a Soldier's Portion

Oh, my goodness: such a wonderful work of art! This installment of the Bennet Wardrobe series has so much emotion and growth. What a Lydia and what a path: it is filled with heartbreak for her and others. But the beautiful and uplifting ending poured peace and happiness into the soul.

Travel from 1815 to 1940

Love's wounds define Lydia Wickham's life in this here/now.

As a young girl barely out, Lydia Bennet never wondered about the quality of a man's character, only how well he filled out his regimentals. That willful ignorance almost led to the destruction of the Longbourn family and set her on a long journey through the Wardrobe-where she learns grief, purpose, and love.

Lydia Wickham finds that bravery and honor grow not from the color of the uniform-or the gender of the wearer-but rather the contents of the heart. She ultimately wins a transcendent love to fill her heart and paint the world in brilliant hues.

About the Wardrobe Series:

The Wardrobe sends Bennets on time travels where they can discover what they must. Explore how the Bennet sisters' love stories echo through time across all eight books.

Some doors open to cloaks and bonnets, others to unknown futures.

Readers rate The Pilgrim a resounding Five Stars

Nicole Clarkston finds The Pilgrim heartwrenching

This story will break your heart and mend it over again, at least twice. Don Jacobson returns with another detailed and riveting installment in his Wardrobe series and this time, we discover that the girl everyone called "The silliest girl in England" has more spine and heart than anyone expected. She rides thrilling heights and then fights through heart-wrenching lows, and through it all, the reader experiences life in all its grit and reality. This is no frothy read. You will sink your teeth into it and come away a richer and wiser human for having read it.

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Julia M. rates it "Tissue-worthy"

This is such a wonderful book. So very moving. It is incredible how much pain Lydia endured especially in her younger years with very small intervals of happiness until I assume her marriage to the General. I say assume because not much is said regarding that marriage in this book. I could not stop crying almost throughout this book.

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For Lisa, the lead character and story are complex

I find sometimes when a story is too emotional that I take longer to get through it and must allow myself time to reset. This book needed two breaks to allow me to be able to continue, but worth the dedication.

Lydia is such a complex and constantly evolving character in this story. She is a surprise, with a life that is only hinted at in previous books in this series.

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Mirta Ines Trupp, author of The Meyersons of Meryton labels The Pilgrim "Well-crafted"

Multifaceted and nuanced, The Pilgrim: Lydia Bennet and a Soldier's Portion speaks to the realities of life. Once again, Don Jacobson has combined the essence of Pride and Prejudice with an esoteric storyline and the universal themes of redemption and forgiveness in this well-crafted narrative.