When Dr. Morland prescribes a warm climate for Mrs Bennet’s ailment, and a letter arrives from Lydia inviting them to meet her at Venice, the Bennets set off for another Continental jaunt. Darcy and Elizabeth go with them, as do the Morlands with their niece, Mina, Catherine Morland’s daughter. Their adventures on their travels, during which they become involved in the Italian independence movement and accidentally inspire one of the nineteenth century’s great operas make a fitting sequel to ‘Our Neighbours’ Sport beyond the Seas.