Not a direct ancestor, but same clan (shamefully)

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Was Charlotte Brontë's “madwoman in the attic” a Jamaican heiress? Did Jane Austen's Mansfield Park sideline the slave wealth of its characters? How was her own family tied to the Caribbean plantations?

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Never read either of those two

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Empire Club: John Buchan, The 39 Steps and the Scots & Empire
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How did a writer become the Governor General of Canada? What were John Buchan’s views on the creation of a national home for Jewish people, and how was he involved in governmental discussions about Mandate Palestine?
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How did Scottish novelist and thriller writer John Buchan write about the British Empire?
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