Jane Austen at Home: A Biography (250th Birthday Edition)
£26.00
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Well known historian Lucy Worsley celebrates the famous novelist’s 250th birthday by journeying through the key places and intimate spaces that shaped her life and work. Featuring a guided tour of all the best Jane Austen sites, Lucy reveals a passionate woman, who, far from being a lonely spinster had in fact at least five marriage prospects, but in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy. Travelling from room to room, house to house, Lucy shows us how and why Jane Austen lived as she did, vividly bringing her to life, and offering fresh insight into one of Britain’s best loved authors.
Dimensions
24cm (9in) x 16cm (6in)
Features
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Well known historian Lucy Worsley celebrates the famous novelist’s 250th birthday by journeying through the key places and intimate spaces that shaped her life and work. Featuring a guided tour of all the best Jane Austen sites, Lucy reveals a passionate woman, who, far from being a lonely spinster had in fact at least five marriage prospects, but in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy. Travelling from room to room, house to house, Lucy shows us how and why Jane Austen lived as she did, vividly bringing her to life, and offering fresh insight into one of Britain’s best loved authors.
Insights
Lucy Worsley was Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces for twenty years. Her biographies of Agatha Christie, Queen Victoria and Jane Austen were all Sunday Times bestsellers. She presents BBC Radio 4’s ‘Lady Killers’ and her many TV documentaries include ‘Lucy Worsley Investigates’ and ‘Killing Sherlock’.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Hard cover
- Colour photographs
- Number of pages: 496 pages
- ISBN: 9781399740906
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